From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad19 Jul 2027
There were 7 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Denis Kovalevich: 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.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match17 Jul 2027
No end in sight to Gomel's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gomel has to find a result from somewhere.
Market19 Jul 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gomel they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
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.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
“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 Gomel, and 1 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.
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Uneasy
Match22 May 2027
No end in sight to Gomel's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gomel has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 May 2027
Iván Cetrini: 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.” Gomel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
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.
Loan watch24 May 2027
“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 Gomel, and 1 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
Match22 May 2027
Gomel and Slutsk cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Slutsk came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad24 May 2027
Maxim Kravtsov 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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Crisis
Match8 May 2027
6 matches without a win for Gomel
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Gomel are no longer polite ones.
Match8 May 2027
A bad afternoon for Gomel against BATE
1-2 to BATE, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 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.
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Crisis
Match10 Apr 2027
Dinamo Minsk left with the points after a 2-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad12 Apr 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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Maxim Kravtsov 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 Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market12 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Gomel know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market12 Apr 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.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
The press have found their man in Kirill Danilin
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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Steady
Match31 Mar 2027
Gomel march on in the cup
Slonim are out and Gomel go through, 1-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Squad5 Apr 2027
18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
Gomel counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Gomel now.
Squad5 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.
Match3 Apr 2027
Honours even between Gomel and Minsk
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Jorge Rojas finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Gomel have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Maxim Kravtsov 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.
Market5 Apr 2027
Gomel and Andrey Rum are talking past each other
“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.
Market5 Apr 2027
Gomel have made Vladislav Leshko available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.