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Crisis
Squad23 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Giorgos Panagi
137 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Ermis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Ermis
Đorđe Glišović 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
Words at Ermis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oktay Aydın 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.
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Crisis
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ermis
Đorđe Glišović 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.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Ermis
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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Ermis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oktay Aydın 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dimitris Laban 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Giorgos Alexandrou 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicholas Stylianou 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Steady
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ermis
Oktay Aydın 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Ermis training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Đorđe Glišović 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Giorgos Panagi has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Ermis.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Ermis would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Market17 Aug 2026
It is the least glamorous business a club does and the reason seasons do not collapse in February. Đorđe Glišović is here for the weeks when three men are injured and somebody still has to play.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Somebody is after Mads Nielsen’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Mads Nielsen suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Ermis have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.