The Kokand 1912 Gazette
Squad30 Jul 2029
G'ulom Haydar G'ulomov breaks a bone — 30 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 30 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match28 Jul 2029
6 matches without a win for Kokand 1912
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Kokand 1912 are no longer polite ones.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Words exchanged at Kokand 1912
Javohir Sidiqov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Panagiotis Laifis arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Panagiotis Laifis has, at Kokand 1912, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad30 Jul 2029
A row about effort at Kokand 1912
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Asliddin Toshtemirov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout30 Jul 2029
Shaxzod Beshimov gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Transfer targets30 Jul 2029
A loan move for Farruhjon Qodirov is in the works
Kokand 1912 have made the call to Bunyodkor. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Market30 Jul 2029
A long bet from Kokand 1912 on Eldor Masharipov
He is 17, and nobody at Kokand 1912 signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market30 Jul 2029
A long bet from Kokand 1912 on Panagiotis Laifis
He is 17, and nobody at Kokand 1912 signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Match Kokand 1912 share the spoils with Pakhtakor
- The dugout Shaxzod Beshimov has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Abdulla Suyunov: “We have to be better”