From our football correspondent
Steady
Market4 Sep 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 Altamura can pretend not to have heard.
Market4 Sep 2028
The name of David Suazo has come up in conversations Altamura were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad4 Sep 2028
“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.
Match2 Sep 2028
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Casarano came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Market4 Sep 2028
“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.
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Steady
Market28 Aug 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.
Match26 Aug 2028
Cosenza made Altamura work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad28 Aug 2028
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Antonino Viola knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad28 Aug 2028
“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.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Nicola Dipinto 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.
The terraces28 Aug 2028
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad28 Aug 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Altamura have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market28 Aug 2028
The name of Fabio Maistro keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
Market28 Aug 2028
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Mattia Esposito leaves Altamura the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Aug 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market21 Aug 2028
The shirt still fits. Achille Parise is back at Altamura , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market21 Aug 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market21 Aug 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Altamura board go back on their wordSomething was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
Squad21 Aug 2028
“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
Market14 Aug 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad14 Aug 2028
“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.
Market14 Aug 2028
“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
Market7 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 Altamura can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Matteo Zazza 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.
Market7 Aug 2028
“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
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Altamura
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad31 Jul 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 Jul 2028
The manager makes an example of Michele Grande
“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.
Denis Şandro Denis Şandro says Altamura went back on their word
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad24 Jul 2028
“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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Michele Grande 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.
Market24 Jul 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market17 Jul 2028
MC Alger come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Altamura did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Jul 2028
“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 Jul 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market10 Jul 2028
João Barros 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 Altamura can pretend not to have heard.
Market10 Jul 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Altamura have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Jul 2028
“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.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Nicola Dipinto knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces10 Jul 2028
The stands have heard the Antonino Viola talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. Altamura would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom3 Jul 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Altamura
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market3 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.
Squad3 Jul 2028
“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.
Market3 Jul 2028
He is 20, and nobody at Altamura signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Ibrahima Mbaye knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market3 Jul 2028
The name of Fabio Maistro keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market26 Jun 2028
The bid was some way short and Altamura did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market26 Jun 2028
Marco Crimi 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 Altamura can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Jun 2028
The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Domenico Rossi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad26 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Marco Nazzaro
“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.
Boardroom26 Jun 2028
Wages eat 86% of everything Altamura earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad26 Jun 2028
“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
Squad19 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Matteo Zazza
“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.
Market19 Jun 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Marco Nazzaro 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
Market12 Jun 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.
Market12 Jun 2028
The paperwork is done: Lapo Siviero joins from Torino in a deal worth $1.0M. Now comes the harder part.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“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.
Market12 Jun 2028
João Barros is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Altamura has been clear about where João Barros stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Matteo Zazza 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
Boardroom5 Jun 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Altamura
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market5 Jun 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.
Squad5 Jun 2028
The captaincy has been taken off Marco Rosafio . Altamura will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Market5 Jun 2028
Marco Crimi told to find a new club“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Marco Crimi has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Altamura .
Squad5 Jun 2028
Denis Şandro 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.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Michele Grande knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom29 May 2028
97% of the income goes out in wages at Altamura
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad29 May 2028
Denis Şandro knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad29 May 2028
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Lorenzo Peschetola plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market22 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.
Squad22 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Elijah Upson
“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.
Market22 May 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad15 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Fabio Maistro
“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.
Match13 May 2028
Salernitana made Altamura work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad15 May 2028
The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for Pietro Baraldi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match6 May 2028
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Market8 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.
Squad8 May 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alessio Curcio commits to Altamura for another 2 years.
Match6 May 2028
0-1 to Benevento , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad8 May 2028
“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.
Squad8 May 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match29 Apr 2028
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Match29 Apr 2028
0-2 to Catania , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad1 May 2028
“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.
Boardroom1 May 2028
Wages eat 90% of everything Altamura earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Market1 May 2028
Konrad Trimmel is 19, and Altamura have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad1 May 2028
Marco Nazzaro knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Squad24 Apr 2028
Michele Grande : 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.” Altamura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match22 Apr 2028
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Match22 Apr 2028
Latina left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad24 Apr 2028
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Roberto Dimola , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad24 Apr 2028
“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.
Loan watch24 Apr 2028
“I did not go to Carrarese to sit and watch. I want to come back to Altamura and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 15 matches say the rest.
Market24 Apr 2028
Filippo Piras is 20, and Altamura have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Ibrahima Mbaye knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market24 Apr 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Squad17 Apr 2028
Denis Şandro : 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.” Altamura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad17 Apr 2028
The medical room confirms 57 days on the sidelines for Pietro Baraldi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad17 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Antonino Viola
“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.
Match15 Apr 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market17 Apr 2028
Archie Brown is 19, and Altamura have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Ibrahima Mbaye 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
Crisis
Market10 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.
Squad10 Apr 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.
Match8 Apr 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market3 Apr 2028
The shirt still fits. Rufat Bayramov is back at Altamura , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Match1 Apr 2028
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market3 Apr 2028
Kevin Trimmel is 19, and Altamura have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad3 Apr 2028
“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.
Squad3 Apr 2028
The captaincy has been taken off Ibrahima Mbaye . Altamura will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad3 Apr 2028
A new face in his position, and Ibrahima Mbaye suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Altamura have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Steady
Match25 Mar 2028
Three points for Altamura , 2-1 the final word against Potenza in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad27 Mar 2028
“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.
Market27 Mar 2028
He is 18, and nobody at Altamura signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
The terraces27 Mar 2028
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad27 Mar 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Altamura have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market27 Mar 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad27 Mar 2028
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Ibrahima Mbaye keeps the shirt for now, at Altamura 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad27 Mar 2028
At 24 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Altamura have a decision that made itself.
Market27 Mar 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Matteo Leprai may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad20 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Fabio Maistro
“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.
Loan watch20 Mar 2028
“I did not go to Carrarese to sit and watch. I want to come back to Altamura and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
Market20 Mar 2028
Giuseppe Policastri is 19, and Altamura have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market20 Mar 2028
Luca Di Marco is 18, and Altamura have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad20 Mar 2028
“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.
Squad20 Mar 2028
A new face in his position, and Ibrahima Mbaye suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Altamura have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Squad13 Mar 2028
The match ball belongs to Giuseppe Simone , whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market13 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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
“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.
Match11 Mar 2028
3-3, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market13 Mar 2028
He is 19, and nobody at Altamura signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Fabio Maistro 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
Squad6 Mar 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ibrahima Mbaye commits to Altamura for another 2 years.
Match4 Mar 2028
Trapani made Altamura work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad6 Mar 2028
“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.
Market6 Mar 2028
He is 20, and nobody at Altamura signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market6 Mar 2028
He is 19, and nobody at Altamura signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Matteo Zazza 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
Match26 Feb 2028
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Feb 2028
“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.
Match26 Feb 2028
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match19 Feb 2028
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Loan watch21 Feb 2028
“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 Altamura , and 2 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad21 Feb 2028
“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.
Match19 Feb 2028
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad21 Feb 2028
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Alessio Curcio keeps the shirt for now, at Altamura 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad21 Feb 2028
At 29 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Altamura are won quietly and lost loudly.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match12 Feb 2028
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
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
“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.
Match12 Feb 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Nicholas Fantoni 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
The name of Nicola Dipinto keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad7 Feb 2028
Fabio Maistro : 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.” Altamura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match5 Feb 2028
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad7 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Alessio Curcio
“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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Altamura will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
The terraces7 Feb 2028
Everybody has an opinion about Antonino Viola
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Match5 Feb 2028
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Sorrento defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad31 Jan 2028
Mattia Esposito : 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.” Altamura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match29 Jan 2028
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad31 Jan 2028
“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
Crisis
Market24 Jan 2028
The paperwork is done: Fabio Maistro joins from Juve Stabia in a deal worth $1.7M. Now comes the harder part.
Match22 Jan 2028
Picerno left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad24 Jan 2028
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Antonino Viola knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad24 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Giuseppe Nicolao 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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Alessio Curcio keeps the shirt for now, at Altamura 's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Squad17 Jan 2028
There were 6 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.
Squad17 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Giuseppe Simone
“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.
Squad17 Jan 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Prince Acheampong commits to Altamura for another 4 years.
Match15 Jan 2028
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad17 Jan 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Altamura have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market17 Jan 2028
The name of Nicola Dipinto keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Match8 Jan 2028
Chastening afternoon for Altamura
A 0-3 beating by Cosenza was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“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.
Boardroom10 Jan 2028
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Michele Grande 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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
A new face in his position, and Giuseppe Simone suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Altamura have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market10 Jan 2028
A season-long audition: Bayer Leverkusen still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Altamura 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
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Steady
Market3 Jan 2028
Cosenza come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Altamura did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market3 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.
Match1 Jan 2028
A 2-1 win over Salernitana , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad3 Jan 2028
7 goals and a season average of 7.42. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad3 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad3 Jan 2028
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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Crisis
Match25 Dec 2027
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad27 Dec 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.
Match25 Dec 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Uneasy
Squad20 Dec 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Antonino Viola knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match18 Dec 2027
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The terraces20 Dec 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Antonino Viola
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
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Uneasy
Squad13 Dec 2027
Marco Nazzaro is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.37 with 6 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad13 Dec 2027
“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.
Match11 Dec 2027
It finished 3-3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Crisis
Squad6 Dec 2027
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.
Market6 Dec 2027
João Barros 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 Altamura can pretend not to have heard.
Match4 Dec 2027
Crotone left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad6 Dec 2027
“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.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Marco Nazzaro is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.33 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market6 Dec 2027
The name of Ibrahima Mbaye keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Match27 Nov 2027
A 1-0 win over Siracusa , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad29 Nov 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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Marco Nazzaro is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.27 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Alessio Curcio unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Alessio Curcio has let it be known that he does not like the way Altamura are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Market29 Nov 2027
The Matteo Zazza talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Mattia Florio knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom22 Nov 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Altamura
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match20 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad22 Nov 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.
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Uneasy
Match15 Nov 2027
Altamura up to position 120 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad15 Nov 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.
Match13 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tobia Mogentale commits to Altamura for another 4 years.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Matteo Zazza 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.
Market8 Nov 2027
The name of Ibrahima Mbaye keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Market1 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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tobia Mogentale and Altamura agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Michele Grande
“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.
Match30 Oct 2027
A 2-2 draw with Foggia leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Matteo Zazza knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Alessio Curcio unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Alessio Curcio has let it be known that he does not like the way Altamura are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Altamura
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad25 Oct 2027
João Barros : 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.” Altamura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Oct 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.
João Barros João Barros: that is not what I was promised
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Upbeat
Match16 Oct 2027
Casertana left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Denis Şandro 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Triumph
Match9 Oct 2027
Three points for Altamura , 2-1 the final word against Giugliano in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of João Barros
“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.
Market11 Oct 2027
The name of Ibrahima Mbaye keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
João Barros The manager makes an example of João Barros
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Triumph
Market4 Oct 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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alessio Curcio commits to Altamura for another 2 years.
Match2 Oct 2027
A 2-0 win over Cavese , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad4 Oct 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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market4 Oct 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.
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Upbeat
Boardroom27 Sep 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Altamura
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match22 Sep 2027
Ascoli ended it 0-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad27 Sep 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.
Match25 Sep 2027
Three points for Altamura , 2-1 the final word against Sorrento in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad27 Sep 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.
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Upbeat
Match18 Sep 2027
Altamura make it 3 in a rowMomentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Altamura have 3 straight wins of it.
Match18 Sep 2027
Three points for Altamura , 2-1 the final word against Monopoli in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad20 Sep 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Marco Rosafio unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Marco Rosafio has let it be known that he does not like the way Altamura are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“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.
The terraces20 Sep 2027
The press have found their man in Antonino Viola
Column inches are not points, but a footballer whose name keeps appearing for the right reasons is a footballer whose price has just gone up.
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Uneasy
Squad13 Sep 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.
Match11 Sep 2027
A 1-0 win over Picerno , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Prince Acheampong and Altamura agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad13 Sep 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Altamura have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market13 Sep 2027
The name of Ibrahima Mbaye keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Match4 Sep 2027
A 2-0 win over Casarano , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Joe Boggan and Altamura agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Tobia Mogentale
“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.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market6 Sep 2027
The Matteo Zazza talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Marco Crimi is not saying it is over“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 37 with 18 appearances behind him, and Altamura have to plan for both answers.
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Crisis
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Altamura
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match28 Aug 2027
4 matches without a win for Altamura
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Altamura are no longer polite ones.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Michele Grande commits to Altamura for another 4 years.
Match28 Aug 2027
1-3 to Cosenza , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad30 Aug 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Uneasy
Match23 Aug 2027
Altamura sink to position 1831 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market23 Aug 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Altamura is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market23 Aug 2027
The shirt still fits. Daniele Longo is back at Altamura , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market23 Aug 2027
The shirt still fits. Domenico Rossi is back at Altamura , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Matteo Zazza knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Marco Nazzaro
“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.
Market16 Aug 2027
The name of Ibrahima Mbaye keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Alessio Curcio plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Aug 2027
Alberto Spina : 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.” Altamura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Tobia Mogentale
“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.
Market9 Aug 2027
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Emanuele Battista moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Altamura
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 37 days on the sidelines for Marco Rosafio , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad2 Aug 2027
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Match26 Jul 2027
Altamura sink to position 1831 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market26 Jul 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Altamura is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad26 Jul 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Giuseppe Simone keeps the shirt for now, at Altamura 's convenience rather than his own.
Market26 Jul 2027
The Matteo Zazza talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Jul 2027
Nicholas Fantoni : 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.” Altamura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Jul 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Giuseppe Simone 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.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Jul 2027
Giuseppe Nicolao : 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.” Altamura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Matteo Zazza
“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.
Market12 Jul 2027
He is 20, and nobody at Altamura signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Ibrahima Mbaye keeps the shirt for now, at Altamura 's convenience rather than his own.
Market12 Jul 2027
No fee and no drama: Niccolò Sotgia has signed at Altamura , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Altamura
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad5 Jul 2027
João Barros : 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.” Altamura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 67 days on the sidelines for Marco Rosafio , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
João Barros João Barros: that is not what I was promised
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Uneasy
Match28 Jun 2027
Altamura sink to position 1831 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad28 Jun 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.
Market28 Jun 2027
The Matteo Zazza talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad21 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of João Barros
“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.
Market21 Jun 2027
The name of Ibrahima Mbaye keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Ibrahima Mbaye has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
João Barros The manager makes an example of João Barros
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Uneasy
Squad14 Jun 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Nicola Dipinto has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Market14 Jun 2027
Two seats in the directors' box were spoken for, and the name in the notebook was Matteo Zazza . Nothing has been offered yet.
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Uneasy
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Altamura
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 95 days on the sidelines for Marco Rosafio , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad7 Jun 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The award goes to Matteo Falasca , and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
Altamura pull $56.0K back off the tableThe money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Market7 Jun 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad7 Jun 2027
21 years old, every age group at this club behind him, and a borrowed player of much the same standard in front of him every Saturday. The parents in the stand have noticed, and so has every kid below him.
The terraces7 Jun 2027
Supporters make their feelings known about Ibrahima Mbaye
The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Altamura would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.
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Uneasy
Match31 May 2027
Altamura sink to position 1831 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad31 May 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.
Squad31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Giuseppe Simone
“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
Uneasy
Squad24 May 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.
Squad24 May 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.
Market24 May 2027
The name of Ibrahima Mbaye keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match15 May 2027
It finished 3-3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad17 May 2027
A season average of 7.31 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad17 May 2027
João Barros 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
Crisis
Squad10 May 2027
124 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match8 May 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Antonino Viola
“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
Uneasy
Match3 May 2027
Altamura are in real trouble nowPosition 18, 30 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.
Squad3 May 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Altamura pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Match1 May 2027
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Uneasy
Match24 Apr 2027
Latina made Altamura work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad26 Apr 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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
A season average of 7.21 with 2 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market26 Apr 2027
The name of Ibrahima Mbaye keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Altamura say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Alessio Curcio wants a proper job in this sideShifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Alessio Curcio has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Altamura know, and have known for weeks.
Squad26 Apr 2027
João Barros knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Altamura , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Squad19 Apr 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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Giuseppe Nicolao will call it something else in private.
Match17 Apr 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 52 days on the sidelines for Federico Iannuzzi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Giuseppe Simone
“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.
Match10 Apr 2027
Siracusa made Altamura work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
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Crisis
Match5 Apr 2027
Altamura sink to position 1822 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Marco Crimi : 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.” Altamura have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Antonino Viola
“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.
Marco Crimi Marco Crimi: that is not what I was promised
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Crisis
Match27 Mar 2027
Potenza left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Ibrahima Mbaye
“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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Antonino Viola knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
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Uneasy
Squad22 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Claudio Turi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad22 Mar 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of João Barros
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad15 Mar 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Altamura pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Match13 Mar 2027
A 2-2 draw with Foggia leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad15 Mar 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.
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Uneasy
Match8 Mar 2027
Altamura are in real trouble nowPosition 18, 21 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alessio Curcio and Altamura agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match6 Mar 2027
Three points for Altamura , 1-0 the final word against Trapani in a contest settled by the finer margins.
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Crisis
Match27 Feb 2027
11 matches without a win for Altamura
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Altamura are no longer polite ones.
Market1 Mar 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.
Match27 Feb 2027
0-2 to Casertana , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad1 Mar 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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Altamura ’s own kid cannot get a gameAt 36, Alessio Curcio has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
Market1 Mar 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Altamura know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Match20 Feb 2027
10 matches without a win for Altamura
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Altamura are no longer polite ones.
Squad22 Feb 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.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
95% of the income goes out in wages at Altamura
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Crisis
Match13 Feb 2027
9 matches without a win for Altamura
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Altamura are no longer polite ones.
Match13 Feb 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Marco Crimi 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Altamura have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad15 Feb 2027
At 20 years old, Roberto Dimola became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
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Uneasy
Match8 Feb 2027
Altamura are in real trouble nowPosition 18, 17 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
8 matches without a win for Altamura
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Altamura are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Feb 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.
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Crisis
Match30 Jan 2027
7 matches without a win for Altamura
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Altamura are no longer polite ones.
Market1 Feb 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
23 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match30 Jan 2027
1-2 to Monopoli , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Enrico Silletti
“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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Altamura ’s own kid cannot get a gameAt 21, Matteo Zazza has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
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Uneasy
Match23 Jan 2027
6 matches without a win for Altamura
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Altamura are no longer polite ones.
Market25 Jan 2027
Fabrizio Poli 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 Altamura can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Matteo Zazza 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
111% of the income goes out in wages at Altamura
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Match23 Jan 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Crisis
Match16 Jan 2027
5 matches without a win for Altamura
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Altamura are no longer polite ones.
Match16 Jan 2027
Casarano left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad18 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.
Market18 Jan 2027
Altamura have made Marco Nazzaro available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market18 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
João Barros 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.
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Uneasy
Match11 Jan 2027
Altamura are in real trouble nowPosition 18, 15 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.
Match9 Jan 2027
4 matches without a win for Altamura
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Altamura are no longer polite ones.
Market11 Jan 2027
Ollie Morgan is 20, and Altamura have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market11 Jan 2027
Joe Boggan is 20, and Altamura have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market11 Jan 2027
Prince Acheampong is 19, and Altamura have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market11 Jan 2027
Elijah Upson is 18, and Altamura have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Match9 Jan 2027
A 1-1 draw with Cosenza leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Marco Nazzaro
“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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Joe Boggan makes his debut at 20At 20 years old, Joe Boggan became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
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Squad4 Jan 2027
51 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match2 Jan 2027
0-1 to Salernitana , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Dion Cakolli 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.
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Crisis
Match26 Dec 2026
Beaten 0-3 by Benevento , and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad28 Dec 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.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
209% of the income goes out in wages at Altamura
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Steady
Squad21 Dec 2026
“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.
Match19 Dec 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Catania will be the happier side with the point.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Marco Crimi 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.
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Steady
Match14 Dec 2026
Altamura sink to position 1713 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match12 Dec 2026
A 2-1 win over Latina , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 80 days on the sidelines for Marco Rosafio , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marco Nazzaro commits to Altamura for another 4 years.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Marco Crimi 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.
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Uneasy
Match28 Nov 2026
Siracusa made Altamura work for it, but the scoreboard read 4-2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 257% of everything Altamura earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad30 Nov 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
The wait is over, and the relief was visible from the back of the stand. 2 for the season, and the next one always comes easier.
The terraces30 Nov 2026
The press have found their man in Matteo Falasca
Column inches are not points, but a footballer whose name keeps appearing for the right reasons is a footballer whose price has just gone up.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A rating of 6.82 was enough for the selectors, and nobody who watched the match is going to argue with them.
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Crisis
Match21 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Match21 Nov 2026
0-2 to Audace Cerignola , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“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.
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Uneasy
Match14 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Match16 Nov 2026
Altamura are in real trouble nowPosition 19, 6 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Fabrizio Poli
“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.
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Crisis
Match4 Nov 2026
10 matches without a win for Altamura
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Altamura are no longer polite ones.
Match4 Nov 2026
Altamura bow out of the cupFiorentina go through and Altamura go home, 0-2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A one-man rearguard from Claudio Turi
There were 6 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.
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Uneasy
Match31 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 257% of everything Altamura earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Aldo Martano
“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.
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Crisis
Match24 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad26 Oct 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.
Match24 Oct 2026
0-2 to Trapani , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Dion Cakolli Dion Cakolli says Altamura went back on their word
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Crisis
Match17 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Antonino Viola
“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.
Match17 Oct 2026
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Uneasy
Match10 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Altamura 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Altamura has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 140 days on the sidelines for Marco Rosafio , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Matteo Zazza
“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.