The Chaika Courier
Match7 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Chaika's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chaika has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Nikita Pavlov keeps Chaika in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Misael 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 Chaika this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market9 Nov 2026
Yuri Grishin steps up from the Chaika academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Yuri Grishin 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
Chaika promote Yakov Anisimov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yakov Anisimov 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.
Match7 Nov 2026
Fakel take the points off Chaika
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Chaika
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Juan Carlos Paz was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Alexey Nikitenkov 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Yaroslav Matveev faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Yaroslav Matveev after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.