The Púchov Chronicle
Squad3 Sep 2035
A knee injury of the worst kind for Samuel Vavrúš
117 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Púchov lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market3 Sep 2035
Antonin Sykora has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Púchov they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market3 Sep 2035
Radoslav Tonev asks to leave Púchov
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom3 Sep 2035
Púchov close the window on a squad of their own making
10 in and 14 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Boardroom3 Sep 2035
The owner puts $405.7K into Púchov
This is money that keeps the lights on rather than money that buys a centre-half, and the difference is the whole story. A club funded by its owner rather than by its football has exactly one conversation left ahead of it.
Match1 Sep 2035
A bad afternoon for Púchov against Malženice
0‑1 to Malženice, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom3 Sep 2035
Púchov cannot sign anybody
The embargo bars a fee being paid for a player, whatever the manager thinks the squad needs. Every rumour printed about this club between now and its lifting is a rumour about a deal that cannot happen.
The dugout3 Sep 2035
Dominik Petrovčín gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad3 Sep 2035
Filip Kráľ makes it 100
100 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.
In brief
- Market Lukáš Raběčný told to find a new club
- Squad Marek Duda out for 28 days
- Market Talks stall between Púchov and Dominik Petrovčín