The Ural Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both of them Martin Sekulić's — 9.03
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.03, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ural say no — this time
The offer from Ordabasy for Evgeny Markov was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Medical ends the Alexey Chernov deal
Everything was agreed with another club and then the doctor spoke. Ural have walked away from a signing on the advice of somebody who never saw him play, which is how it is supposed to work.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tom Bradshaw signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tom Bradshaw commits to Ural for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Ural
Tom Bradshaw and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Lokomotiv Moscow tell Ural: Nikita Saltykov is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
One of their own: Ilja Ishkov
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match8 Aug 2026
Ural see off Neftekhimik
Three points for Ural, 2‑0 the final word against Neftekhimik in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Innokentiy Nekrasov joins the Ural first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Innokentiy Nekrasov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Konstantin Lermontov steps up from the Ural academy
- Market One of our own: Leonid Nikitin joins the Ural first team
- Squad The formation has left Tom Bradshaw behind