Robert Spertsyan

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Gandzasar U18
19 Sep 2028
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Marked for Robert Spertsyan

89 Edition

The Gandzasar Herald

10 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad10 Apr 2028

Hagai Katoh damages knee ligaments — 16 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 16 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match8 Apr 2028

Gandzasar out of the cup

BKMA ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Squad10 Apr 2028

Hagai Katoh keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Gandzasar may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

The terraces10 Apr 2028

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 13 of the 31 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Player ratings10 Apr 2028

A first appearance Robert Spertsyan will want to forget — 5.53

Everybody's debut is one of two stories and this was the other one. 5.53, and the only consolation available is that nobody's career has ever been decided by ninety minutes in a shirt he had just been given.

Squad10 Apr 2028

Bertrand Mani 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 Gandzasar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad10 Apr 2028

The manager makes an example of Bertrand Mani

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market10 Apr 2028

Martin Grigoryan is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Gandzasar has been clear about where Martin Grigoryan stands, which is more than many ever get.

Player ratings10 Apr 2028

Ethan Lizalda runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

Back issues
32 Edition

The Gandzasar Herald

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces8 Mar 2027

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 8 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Taron Voskanyan stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Taron Voskanyan and Gandzasar agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Mariano Ahouangbo 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 Gandzasar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad8 Mar 2027

A move Ricardo Falcón would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Ricardo Falcón is living that version at Gandzasar, and it tends to show in the first month.

Boardroom8 Mar 2027

Graduation day at Gandzasar

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.

Match6 Mar 2027

A bad afternoon for Gandzasar against Noah

0‑2 to Noah, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad8 Mar 2027

The manager makes an example of Mariano Ahouangbo

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market8 Mar 2027

Robert Spertsyan steps up from the Gandzasar academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Spertsyan 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

Karen Bayramyan steps up from the Gandzasar academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Karen Bayramyan 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