The Arsenal Dzerzhinsk Chronicle
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Denis Polyakov pops up at the right end — 7.69
7.69, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Denis Polyakov signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Denis Polyakov commits to Arsenal Dzerzhinsk for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Home is on Fulvio Duarte's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Arsenal Dzerzhinsk are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Denis Polyakov 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 Arsenal Dzerzhinsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk
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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ivan Tolkachev in trouble away from the ground
Every paper's favourite story and every manager's least. What happened is being dealt with internally, which is the phrase clubs use when they would rather nobody asked again.
Match6 Mar 2027
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk come up short against BATE
BATE left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market8 Mar 2027
Mikalai Volodko steps up from the Arsenal Dzerzhinsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mikalai Volodko 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Kirill Noyok steps up from the Arsenal Dzerzhinsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kirill Noyok 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 Aliaksandr Laptev steps up from the Arsenal Dzerzhinsk academy
- Market Arsenal Dzerzhinsk promote Vitaliy Chalavach from within
- Match Denis Polyakov answers BATE immediately