Mitch Apau

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Marked for Mitch Apau

4 Edition

The Shimal Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A brace, and Wilsinho takes the afternoon — 8.09

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Wilsinho provided it, and the 8.09 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Prince Owusu is a medical away from Shimal

The deal with Gabala is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Shimal

Gabriel Correia 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.

Match22 Aug 2026

Shimal come up short against DIFAI Agsu

DIFAI Agsu left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Shimal

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Wilsinho was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Mitch Apau

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mitch Apau, and the manager let it.

Market24 Aug 2026

The ambition of Wilsinho outgrows Shimal early

Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Rüstəm Hümbətov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Rüstəm Hümbətov and Shimal agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Too much change too quickly at Shimal

25 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Shimal Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad17 Aug 2026

Hunor Gedő stands alone

9 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Gabriel Correia 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 Shimal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market17 Aug 2026

The ambition of Gabriel Correia outgrows Shimal early

Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.

Match15 Aug 2026

Shafa take the points off Shimal

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Gabriel Correia

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gabriel Correia, and the manager let it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The formation has left Luka Stevanović behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Shimal will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Mitch Apau needs a bigger stage

He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Shimal know which stage they are at.

Market17 Aug 2026

Shimal and Esquerdinha are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Ruslan Ramazanov answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

In brief