The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Ali Beiranvand, 20, steals the show — 7.83
Marked 7.83 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Match17 Oct 2026
Gostaresh Foulad make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Gostaresh Foulad have 4 straight wins of it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Mohammad Amini is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Remember the name: Ali Beiranvand
He is 20, he is averaging 7.01, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Gostaresh Foulad
Abolfazl Zoleykhaei 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.
The terraces19 Oct 2026
One of their own: Abolfazl Zoleykhaei
He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match17 Oct 2026
Ali Beiranvand the difference as Gostaresh Foulad beat Padideh
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ali Beiranvand. 2‑0 against Padideh, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Amir Hossein Neshatjoo 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.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
One of those days for Ehsan Beiranvand
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout A promise honoured for Abolfazl Zoleykhaei
- The dugout Ali Beiranvand gets picked when it counts