The Belshina Courier
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Pressure builds in the Belshina boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market12 Feb 2029
Fozilbek Zokirov 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 Belshina can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Pavel Prishivalko 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 Belshina this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Nikita Golub 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Dzmitry Hleb steps up from the Belshina academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dzmitry Hleb 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Belshina promote Ihar Bykau from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ihar Bykau 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 Belshina promote Kirill Dragun from within
- Squad Ilya Vikhrov gets it from the manager
- Squad Stanislav Lomako knocks on the manager's door
- Boardroom The Belshina production line keeps running