The Sokol Post
Market19 Jul 2027
Mikhail Philippov asks to leave Sokol
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Nobody could get near Dmitry Sasin
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Sokol
Danila Prokhin 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.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Sokol
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match17 Jul 2027
Still nobody has beaten Sokol
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Nikita Pechenkin falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Door shut on Timofey Mitrov
Sokol asked and Arsenal Tula said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market19 Jul 2027
Artyom Semak steps up from the Sokol academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Artyom Semak 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Daniil Medvedev steps up from the Sokol academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniil 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.
In brief
- Market Prokhor Agafonov steps up from the Sokol academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Nikolay Andriyanov
- Squad Danila Prokhin: “I am not a substitute”