The Cherepovets Herald
Squad30 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Andrey Pyrkin out for 42 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Cherepovets will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match30 Nov 2026
Cherepovets are in real trouble now
Position 14, 10 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market30 Nov 2026
Ilja Antsiferov hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cherepovets can pretend not to have heard.
Market30 Nov 2026
Ilja Antsiferov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Cherepovets they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Denis Kovalevskiy keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Cherepovets may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match28 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Cherepovets's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Cherepovets has to find a result from somewhere.
Match28 Nov 2026
Cherepovets cannot find the net
4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Cherepovets
Artem Smoroda 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.
Match28 Nov 2026
Cherepovets come up short against Yenisey 2
Yenisey 2 left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Ilja Antsiferov
- Player ratings Vsevolod Bykov runs at them all day
- Market The clock does Kirill Kulkov’s negotiating for him