The Cherepovets Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Slonim come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Cherepovets did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Elnur Khalygov, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.74
A mark of 7.74 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cherepovets baulk at the price for Semyon Abramov
Salyut wanted more than $59.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Cherepovets supporters have found a favourite in Elnur Khalygov
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Elnur Khalygov has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stepan Asharin 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 Cherepovets this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
Cherepovets see off Spartak Moscow 2
Three points for Cherepovets, 2‑0 the final word against Spartak Moscow 2 in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Valentin Krasnov joins the Cherepovets first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Valentin Krasnov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eduard Medvedev steps up from the Cherepovets academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eduard Medvedev 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ivan Bocharov steps up from the Cherepovets academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Bocharov 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
- The dugout No hiding place for Elnur Khalygov
- The dugout A satisfied Dmitri Petrov
- The dugout Ilja Antsiferov asks for a word with the manager