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The terraces12 Oct 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 23 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tomas Gyomber 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ivan Hubocan and FK Senica agree another 4 years.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“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 FK Senica know it.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
“I watch every FK Senica game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at MSK Zilina runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match10 Oct 2026
0‑2 to MSK Zilina, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
The one thing Tomas Gyomber could not do
Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
The one thing Ivan Hubocan could not do
Shots: 7, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
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Steady
Squad31 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at FK Senica, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Kristian Kucka 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 Aug 2026
Tomas Gyomber 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 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ondrej Nemec
“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
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Market31 Aug 2026
The shop window has Denis Nemec in it
FK Senica have let the market know Denis Nemec can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
5.43 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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
5.65. 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.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
Arda come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and FK Senica did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Karol Duda 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Tomas Gyomber
“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.
Market17 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Andrej Suslov again, and this time the name on the line is Gornik Zabrze. FK Senica are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Tomas Gyomber's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Match15 Aug 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Marked 5.09, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and FK Senica did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 10 of the 29 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tomas Gyomber commits to FK Senica for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Karol Duda 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 FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tomas Gyomber 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
DAC Dunajska Streda left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matej Oravec, and the manager let it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Shots: 6, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.