The Ararat-Armenia Herald
Squad8 Mar 2027
A fracture rules Kamo Hovhannisyan out for 96 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Ararat-Armenia will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match6 Mar 2027
Ararat-Armenia strike at the death to beat Shirak
There were 87 minutes on the clock and Shirak had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Ararat-Armenia did not stop to explain themselves.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Uerdi Mara stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Uerdi Mara and Ararat-Armenia agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Ararat-Armenia
Edgar Grigoryan 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.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Ararat-Armenia
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.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
João Queirós was immovable
21 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
The crowd has taken to Artur Serobyan
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market8 Mar 2027
Ararat-Armenia promote Sargis Bayramyan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sargis Bayramyan 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Sargis Khachatryan steps up from the Ararat-Armenia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sargis Khachatryan 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 One of our own: Artur Sarkisov joins the Ararat-Armenia first team
- Market Ararat-Armenia promote Aram Spertsyan from within
- Match Uerdi Mara sends Ararat-Armenia past Shirak