The Shakhter Gazette
Squad8 Mar 2027
Bauyrzhan Islamkhan damages knee ligaments — 24 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 24 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 26 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Collins Fai signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Collins Fai and Shakhter agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Shakhter
Collins Fai 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.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Shakhter
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match6 Mar 2027
A bad afternoon for Shakhter against Atyrau
1‑3 to Atyrau, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Kairat Tagybergen joins the Shakhter first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kairat Tagybergen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Shakhter promote Yeldos Kuat from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yeldos Kuat 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Shakhter promote Talgat Postnikov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Talgat Postnikov 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.
In brief
- Market Shakhter promote Askhat Postnikov from within
- Squad Bohdan Savkiv gets it from the manager
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Ańsar Altynkhan