The Sokol Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Kirill Shubin
42 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sokol lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dan Kohout gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Dan Kohout has just signed for Sokol, and for once the answer mattered.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Vladislav Kostin again
The phone has started ringing about Vladislav Kostin again, and this time the name on the line is Chelyabinsk. Sokol are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dan Kohout signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dan Kohout commits to Sokol for another 3 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ilja Svinov
Sokol asked and Rodina said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match8 Aug 2026
Dan Kohout’s goal not enough for Sokol
Dan Kohout scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Torpedo Moscow, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Sokol
Anton Sinyak 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sokol promote Stanislav Ignashevich from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stanislav Ignashevich 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lev Dulov steps up from the Sokol academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lev Dulov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Sokol promote Alexei Komarov from within
- The dugout Stanislav Andreev answers for it
- Player ratings The one thing Dmitry Sasin could not do