The Nosta Chronicle
Match8 Aug 2026
A hiding for Nosta
Beaten 0‑4 by Rubin 2, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Arseny Avvakumov rejects the move
Nosta had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Dinamo Bryansk, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mark Polushin arrives at Nosta in a $33.0K statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Nosta have paid $33.0K for Mark Polushin, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stanislav Irshev 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 Nosta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
$33.0K for Mark Polushin, and Nosta supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Mark Polushin from Astrakhan for $33.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Tikhon Kuzin joins the Nosta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tikhon Kuzin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Alexei Chaykovsky joins the Nosta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexei Chaykovsky is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nosta promote Yaroslav Petrov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yaroslav Petrov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Yegor Pigaev
“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
- Boardroom Nobody left the Nosta dressing room in a hurry
- Squad No place for Timofey Kashitsyn in the new shape
- Squad Nosta are still strangers to each other