The Dugopolje Post
The terraces24 Jul 2028
Anger at Dugopolje spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Market24 Jul 2028
Terms done: Duje Biuk is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Jadran Luka Ploce waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Dugopolje is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
The dugout24 Jul 2028
Maro Kosović keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Dugopolje may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Tomislav Adolf Tomić keeps Dugopolje in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market24 Jul 2028
Josip Bartulić puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Dugopolje, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Nikolas Šimić due for a Dugopolje medical
Everything agreed with Dinamo Zagreb, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
No thanks: Fran Tadic rejects the move
Dugopolje had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at NK Osijek, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad24 Jul 2028
A falling-out at Dugopolje
Zoran Nižić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
Graduation day at Dugopolje
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
In brief
- Market Dugopolje promote Ivan Ivanovic from within
- Market Mato Petkov steps up from the Dugopolje academy
- Match A bad afternoon for Dugopolje against Jadran Luka Ploce