The Septemvri Chronicle
Match9 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Septemvri's wait for a win
16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Septemvri has to find a result from somewhere.
Match9 Jan 2027
Septemvri taken apart
1‑6 to Ludogorets, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market11 Jan 2027
Valentine Ozornwafor 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 Septemvri can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Yoan Baurenski keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Septemvri may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad11 Jan 2027
7 saves: Stefan Smarkalev was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad11 Jan 2027
David Veiga gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. David Veiga has just signed for Septemvri, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Dominik Ivkič wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Septemvri can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Septemvri
Róbert Mazáň 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 Jan 2027
7 goals as Septemvri and Ludogorets go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Septemvri and Ludogorets, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
In brief
- Transfer targets Septemvri rebuffed over Vasil Simeonov
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Róbert Mazáň
- Boardroom Nobody left the Septemvri dressing room in a hurry