Denis Davydov

Goalkeeper - Textilschik
13 Dec 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Denis Davydov

12 Edition

The Textilschik Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A day Evgeny Tatarinov will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Match

Evgeny Tatarinov the difference as Textilschik beat Leningradets

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Evgeny Tatarinov. 3‑2 against Leningradets, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Evgeny Tatarinov at his very best

Marked 9.40. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Textilschik.

Squad

Andrey Yevdokimov falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

Daniil Kobzev: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 3‑2, already talking about the next one.

The dugout

Evgeny Tatarinov gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Evgeny Tatarinov is on it.

The dugout

No hiding place for Denis Davydov

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Denis Davydov, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Somebody else is better right now than Radmir Khainetskiy

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

Market

The Andrey Yevdokimov story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Andrey Yevdokimov signs something — a contract at Textilschik or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

Back issues
11 Edition

The Textilschik Herald

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Denis Davydov says Textilschik went back on their word

“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.

Squad

August Bryld wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Textilschik know it.

Squad

Tempers go at Textilschik

Maxim Boichenko was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

Eduard Barkov steps up from the Textilschik academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eduard Barkov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

One of our own: Pavel Mamonov joins the Textilschik first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pavel Mamonov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout

No hiding place for August Bryld

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to August Bryld, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Andrey Yevdokimov has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Textilschik will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Squad

Words at Textilschik training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ahmed Raed is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

Talks stall between Textilschik and Thomas Kompany

“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.

In brief

2 Edition

The Textilschik Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

Radmir Khainetskiy due for a Textilschik medical

Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Market

Denis Davydov is a Textilschik player again

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.

Squad

Andrey Yevdokimov in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Textilschik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Maksym Czekała signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maksym Czekała commits to Textilschik for another 3 years.

Transfer targets

Textilschik rebuffed over Gleb Shilnikov

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nizhniy Novgorod have kept their man, and Textilschik go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

One of our own: Artyom Fyodorov joins the Textilschik first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Artyom Fyodorov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Makar Kombarov steps up from the Textilschik academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Makar Kombarov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

One of our own: Vsevolod Zabolotsky joins the Textilschik first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vsevolod Zabolotsky is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Alexandr Ryabinkin

“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.

In brief