Ivan Volodko

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5 Jun 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Ivan Volodko

22 Edition

The Lokomotiv Gomel Herald

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Valery Savitski breaks a bone — 84 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 84 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Maksim Skavysh 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 Lokomotiv Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Eduard Pavlov 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 Lokomotiv Gomel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The Lokomotiv Gomel Herald

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Eduard Pavlov 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 Lokomotiv Gomel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Vitaliy Filipenko counts the days

“I watch every Lokomotiv Gomel game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Ostrovets runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad

Uladzimir Pavlov 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.

In brief

8 Edition

The Lokomotiv Gomel Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Eduard Pavlov 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 Lokomotiv Gomel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Ivan Malevich 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.

Squad

Ihar Kavalyou knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Lokomotiv Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

7 Edition

The Lokomotiv Gomel Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Lokomotiv Gomel

Pavel Sedich 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Vadzim Dragun

“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.

Squad

Andrei Bykau signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andrei Bykau commits to Lokomotiv Gomel for another 3 years.

In brief

5 Edition

The Lokomotiv Gomel Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Ivan Volodko asks to leave Lokomotiv Gomel

“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.

Squad

Stanislau Martynovich 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 Lokomotiv Gomel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Maksim Skavysh’s goal not enough for Lokomotiv Gomel

Maksim Skavysh scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Bumprom Gomel, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

Words at Lokomotiv Gomel training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ivan Malevich is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Ruslan Nekhaichik

“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.

Squad

Uladzislau Stasevich signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Uladzislau Stasevich commits to Lokomotiv Gomel for another 3 years.

In brief

2 Edition

The Lokomotiv Gomel Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Lokomotiv Gomel say no — this time

The offer from Dinamo Minsk for Vadzim Noyok was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Pavel Sivakov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Pavel Sivakov and Lokomotiv Gomel agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Lokomotiv Gomel

Eduard Pavlov 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.

Market

Orsha watching Vitaliy Filipenko

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Lokomotiv Gomel have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Nazar Chizh

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad

Words at Lokomotiv Gomel training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrei Filipenko is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

The Egor Hleb conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Ostrovets will make the call about Egor Hleb this week. Lokomotiv Gomel have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Market

Ivan Volodko is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Lokomotiv Gomel has been clear about where Ivan Volodko stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

No hiding place for Vitaliy Filipenko

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vitaliy Filipenko, and the manager let it.

In brief