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From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Oct 2026
“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.
Match17 Oct 2026
4 matches without a win for Tver
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Tver are no longer polite ones.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sergey Tormashev commits to Tver for another 3 years.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nikita Yeremenko, and the manager let it.
Loan watch19 Oct 2026
“I watch every Tver game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Ryazan runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match17 Oct 2026
Point won or two lost for Tver?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Baltika 2? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
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Crisis
Match26 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad28 Sep 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
19 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Crisis
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Dinamo Barnaul pay $58.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 495% of everything Tver 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Tver against Kolomna
0‑1 to Kolomna, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad7 Sep 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
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Crisis
Match19 Aug 2026
The small margins put Tver out
Out, 1‑2 to Volgar, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Match22 Aug 2026
Nowhere to hide for Tver
0‑3 against Zenit 2, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market24 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Tver, and it is not being withdrawn.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 7 of the 17 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Tver's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tver has to find a result from somewhere.
Market24 Aug 2026
Muslim Nabiev has left for Irkutsk in a $14.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matvey Shavel, and the manager let it.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Doors closed at Tver
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Squad24 Aug 2026
At 20 years old, Sergey Tormashev became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.