The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Ahmad Shojaei
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market14 Sep 2026
Alireza Vafaei asks to leave Gostaresh Foulad
“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.
Match12 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Gostaresh Foulad's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gostaresh Foulad has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Gostaresh Foulad
Kaveh Noorafkan 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Sardar Vafaei
“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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Masoud Beiranvand 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Sardar Vafaei's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Match12 Sep 2026
Gostaresh Foulad and Malavan take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Market14 Sep 2026
Still no ink between Gostaresh Foulad and Amir Hosseini
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Gostaresh Foulad, another week without a signature from Amir Hosseini.
In brief
- Market Window shut, Ahmad Azmoun still here
- Market The Ehsan Beiranvand talk will not go away