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BBC News
25-06-2025
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German winger becomes Martindale's eighth summer signing
German winger Jannik Wanner has become Livingston's eighth summer sigining after joining from Austrian side SKU Amstetten for an undisclosed Haiti-born 25-year-old, whose career until now had been based in Germany and Austria, has penned a three-year deal with the West Lothian forward joins David Martindale's men after scoring nine goals and providing 13 assists in an impressive season last term in Austria's second tier.
BBC News
19-06-2025
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'Got to give him a chance' - fans react to Struber
Gerhard Struber has been announced as the new head coach of Bristol are some of your views on the appointment of the Austrian to replace Liam - I love the way the Austrian national team plays, and apparently it's hard coded into Austrian football. So to have an Austrian head coach with a reputation for that style of play, and an academy that's set up for it, makes me quite - One thing I have to say is that any manager at City must have some help with bringing in fresh talent which we lacked in key areas especially in the play-offs as we were not in the same class as Sheffield United. Unless this happens it will be a difficult - Got to give the guy a chance but hope he plays two up - On first impressions very positive. Talks a good game and seems passionate, only time will - No, it's a poor one again from the - My only concern is that owner Steve Lansdown has shown little sign of seriously investing in this team. I only hope that Struber obtained some assurances about strengthening City (particularly up front) before - We as fans don't know how good or bad the new manager will be but after 10 games will have a good idea. The first thing for us as fans will be to see if and who the board allow him to move on from the poor strike force we have and replace them with decent forwards or he will - Struber wasn't first on my list let alone in the top five - Steve Lansdown said we should aim to repeat last season's performance but I'd love to see us finish in the top five and should we end up in the play-offs again we have to go and win it, that's the next logical step. Anything less then a top-six finish will be a disappointing season.
BBC News
06-05-2025
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Melissa Andreatta taking SWNT job 'with both hands & running with it'
Melissa Andreatta wasn't for letting a little bit of jet-lag get in the way of disturbing her first free week in Scotland before heading to Hampden on Monday morning. The Australian made the 30-hour flight last week with her family and got immediately stuck into Scottish culture before officially beginning her new role as national team head coach. Even at this early stage, she believes its a country that "really aligns" with her values. "Hard working, no nonsense, straight talking, humble, honest, I'm all about that as well," the new head coach said. "Some things just turn up when they do and this opportunity is one of those. It arose and I went for it. "I'm so honoured to have been given the opportunity to lead the team and I'm going to take it with both hands and run with it." The 46-year-old also expressed excitement at working with a squad she got a front-row viewing of when Scotland faced Australia in London in 2023 and taking an even "deeper dive" with them in the coming weeks. Andreatta, whose first game in charge is against Austria later this month, added: "I've been watching previous games, obviously I'm familiar with the players because in my previous role I was exposed to them as well. "Watching the games myself, I'm still working through that process, it's early days but I'll be diving into that deeply in the coming days to make sure I have a good grasp of things ahead of the next window. "I think the centre of the park is a strength for the Scottish. The midfield, when we talk about players there, I think the experience and the level that we see players playing at club level is high."
