Marked for Robert Murić
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match9 Sep 2028
5‑2, and Ibrahim Akibu took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Bylis tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Squad11 Sep 2028
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.37, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market11 Sep 2028
“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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match9 Sep 2028
Ibrahim Akibu among the goals in a wild afternoon
7 goals in one match, Ibrahim Akibu on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Bylis and Tirana.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Roberts Ozols falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
A performance of 8.89 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market28 Aug 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Age has not caught Dime Dimov yet — 7.92
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.92 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Bylis
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Roberts Ozols falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market28 Aug 2028
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kleandro Shkembi has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market28 Aug 2028
One of our own: Visar Muco joins the Bylis first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Visar Muco is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market28 Aug 2028
One of our own: Lirim Kote joins the Bylis first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lirim Kote is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Radu Negru 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match14 Aug 2028
Every point is an argument now for Bylis
Position 8 and 13 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market14 Aug 2028
Bylis say no — this time
The offer from Tirana for Ofori McCarthy was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market14 Aug 2028
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ofori McCarthy is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad14 Aug 2028
At 34 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Aug 2028
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Ahmed Sanogo is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Pedro Vieira has improved at 26, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 4 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Market7 Aug 2028
The phone has started ringing about Ofori McCarthy again, and this time the name on the line is Tirana. Bylis are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad7 Aug 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Fabjan Përndreca and Bylis agree another 4 years.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market31 Jul 2028
Aurel Marku hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Fabjan Përndreca is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad31 Jul 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Radu Negru and Bylis agree another 3 years.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The terraces24 Jul 2028
Anger at Bylis 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
“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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Market24 Jul 2028
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Aboubacar Camara will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bylis the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Jul 2028
At 29 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market10 Jul 2028
Pedro Vieira hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Jul 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Olamilekan Adeduro commits to Bylis for another 4 years.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The terraces26 Jun 2028
Anger at Bylis 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.
Market26 Jun 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Market26 Jun 2028
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Aboubacar Camara will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bylis the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Ozols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Ousmane Kane asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match19 Jun 2028
Bylis are in real trouble now
Position 8, 13 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market19 Jun 2028
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad5 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Roberts Ozols falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market5 Jun 2028
Kristian Gjini is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Bylis has been clear about where Kristian Gjini stands, which is more than many ever get.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match22 May 2028
Every point is an argument now for Bylis
Position 8 and 13 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market22 May 2028
Ahmed Sanogo hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad22 May 2028
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad8 May 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Olávio Olávio commits to Bylis for another 2 years.
Squad8 May 2028
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad8 May 2028
Roberts Ozols falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The terraces1 May 2028
Anger at Bylis 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.
Market1 May 2028
“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.
Squad1 May 2028
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market17 Apr 2028
“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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Ozols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market10 Apr 2028
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Radu Negru in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Gjorgi Stoilov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The terraces3 Apr 2028
Anger at Bylis 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.
Market3 Apr 2028
“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.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market20 Mar 2028
“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.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad20 Mar 2028
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Bylis know it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market13 Mar 2028
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Roberts Ozols falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match28 Feb 2028
Every point is an argument now for Bylis
Position 8 and 13 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market28 Feb 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Feb 2028
“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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Roberts Ozols falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match31 Jan 2028
Bylis sink to position 8
13 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match26 Jan 2028
Bylis through in the cup
A 2‑1 win over Tirana, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Player ratings31 Jan 2028
A brace, and Olávio Olávio takes the afternoon — 8.65
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Olávio Olávio provided it, and the 8.65 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market31 Jan 2028
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Jan 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Roberts Ozols falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad31 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Ibrahim Akibu
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings31 Jan 2028
A mark of 5.55 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market24 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Ozols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market10 Jan 2028
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Olamilekan Adeduro and Bylis agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market27 Dec 2027
“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.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Ousmane Kane falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market13 Dec 2027
“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.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Radu Negru falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match6 Dec 2027
Bylis are in real trouble now
Position 8, 13 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gjorgi Stoilov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad22 Nov 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
24 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market22 Nov 2027
“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.
Match20 Nov 2027
The wait goes on for Bylis
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Radu Negru is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match20 Nov 2027
0‑1 to Egnatia Rrogozhinë, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad22 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Pedro Vieira
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
5.31. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad8 Nov 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
38 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match8 Nov 2027
Bylis sink to position 6
13 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
Age has not caught Olávio Olávio yet — 8.32
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.32 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ousmane Kane and Bylis agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Radu Negru is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match6 Nov 2027
It needed Olávio Olávio to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Teuta Durrës, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
5.63. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
Marked 5.76, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad1 Nov 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
45 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Radu Negru falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Ousmane Kane 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.
Match30 Oct 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Tirana defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Player ratings1 Nov 2027
Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad25 Oct 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
52 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Robert Murić, and the manager let it.
Match23 Oct 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gjorgi Stoilov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad18 Oct 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
59 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Dime Dimov, 33, rolls back the years — 8.06
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.06 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Radu Negru falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match16 Oct 2027
It finished 2‑0, and it was Dime Dimov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Bylis.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Pedro Vieira
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad4 Oct 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
73 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Ionuţ Gurău decides it from twelve yards
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match2 Oct 2027
Bylis march on in the cup
Egnatia Rrogozhinë are out and Bylis go through, 0‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Player ratings4 Oct 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 29 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Match2 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Bylis's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Bylis has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Olávio Olávio and Bylis agree another 2 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match2 Oct 2027
Bylis cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Player ratings4 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad20 Sep 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
87 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match18 Sep 2027
Nowhere to hide for Bylis
1‑4 against Teuta Durrës, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
The terraces20 Sep 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 9 of the 25 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Olamilekan Adeduro is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Radu Negru falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom20 Sep 2027
Doors closed at Bylis
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
The cruellest goal, and it is Pedro Vieira's
A touch he did not want, a bounce he could not have read, and his name in the wrong column. There is no consoling a man after one of these, and Bylis will not try tonight.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
5.33 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad6 Sep 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
101 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match4 Sep 2027
Still nobody has beaten Bylis
The unbeaten run reaches 11. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Rabiu Abdullahi is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Pedro Vieira has improved at 25, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 4 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
The terraces6 Sep 2027
Bylis supporters have found a favourite in Ibrahim Akibu
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Ibrahim Akibu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match4 Sep 2027
Dinamo City made Bylis work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
Marked 5.63, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad30 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
108 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match28 Aug 2027
Still nobody has beaten Bylis
The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match28 Aug 2027
6 matches without a win for Bylis
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Bylis are no longer polite ones.
Market30 Aug 2027
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ahmed Sanogo is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Radu Negru has improved at 28, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Bylis
5 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.
The terraces30 Aug 2027
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad16 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
122 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Faisal Charwetey out for 84 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Bylis will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Fabjan Përndreca is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad9 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
129 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad9 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Faisal Charwetey out for 91 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Bylis will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market9 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad2 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
136 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Pedro Vieira has improved at 25, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad26 Jul 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Roberts Ozols
143 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bylis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Gjorgi Stoilov has improved at 31, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad19 Jul 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Ozols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ousmane Kane, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad12 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Olamilekan Adeduro and Bylis agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Gjorgi Stoilov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad28 Jun 2027
Rabiu Abdullahi: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bylis have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Fabjan Përndreca is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
In brief
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Squad
Bruno Bruno has improved at 26, which nobody expected
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Radu Negru commits to Bylis for another 3 years.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Jun 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Jun 2027
16 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad31 May 2027
Not a month, not a run of form — a whole season of being the best 20-year-old anybody in this division could put on a pitch. This is the honour that gets mentioned for the rest of his career.
Squad31 May 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad31 May 2027
Radu Negru falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Rabiu Abdullahi
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market31 May 2027
Bylis have let the market know Jacques Fokam Sandeu can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market31 May 2027
Still no signature from Denis Shera
1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Bylis could get for him.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad24 May 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 May 2027
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Ozols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Loan watch24 May 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Bylis, and 5 appearances in 39 say he has earned the hearing.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market10 May 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 May 2027
44 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad10 May 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad3 May 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 17 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad3 May 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 May 2027
Roberts Ozols falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad26 Apr 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 24 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Ozols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Bylis will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market12 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Bylis will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad5 Apr 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Ozols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Bylis know it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad22 Mar 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Ozols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Vladislav Lutashev trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market15 Mar 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Mar 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bylis may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Olávio Olávio and Bylis agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ousmane Kane is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market1 Mar 2027
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Bylis are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad22 Feb 2027
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 18 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market22 Feb 2027
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad15 Feb 2027
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 25 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 25 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market15 Feb 2027
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad1 Feb 2027
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 39 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 39 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bylis have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Roberts Ozols falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Loan watch1 Feb 2027
“I watch every Bylis game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Egnatia Rrogozhinë runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad25 Jan 2027
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 46 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 46 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Henri Sulovari: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bylis have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad18 Jan 2027
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 53 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 53 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market18 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad11 Jan 2027
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 60 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 60 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market11 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad4 Jan 2027
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 67 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 67 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market4 Jan 2027
“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 Bylis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bylis may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“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.
Market4 Jan 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 88 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 88 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market14 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
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Squad
A muscle injury sidelines Aboubacar Camara for 17 days
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Squad
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad7 Dec 2026
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 95 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 95 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market7 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad30 Nov 2026
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 102 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 102 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match28 Nov 2026
Still nobody has beaten Bylis
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match28 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Bylis's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Bylis has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Ozols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Bylis are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match28 Nov 2026
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Vllaznia Shkodër came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Marked 5.56, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 109 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 109 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market23 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Olávio Olávio, 33, rolls back the years — 8.47
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.47 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Match21 Nov 2026
Whatever happens, Bylis do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match21 Nov 2026
The wait goes on for Bylis
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Radu Negru 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Ousmane Kane falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match21 Nov 2026
It needed Olávio Olávio to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Egnatia Rrogozhinë, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
Pedro Vieira breaks a bone — 116 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 116 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match14 Nov 2026
7 unbeaten for Bylis
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Bylis did not have in the autumn.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Robert Murić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bylis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Bylis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Ozols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match14 Nov 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market9 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Bylis
Olávio Olávio was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match7 Nov 2026
6 unbeaten for Bylis
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Bylis did not have in the autumn.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Roberts Ozols falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bruno Bruno, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market2 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bylis can pretend not to have heard.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Every paper's favourite story and every manager's least. What happened is being dealt with internally, which is the phrase clubs use when they would rather nobody asked again.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Bylis
Radu Negru was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad26 Oct 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bylis have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Bylis
Robert Murić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Henri Bega is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Roberts Ozols falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Faisal Charwetey has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match24 Oct 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Faisal Charwetey. 1‑0 against Dinamo City, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.