The Cherepovets Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Kolomna join the queue for David Berezov
Add another name to the list: Kolomna have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about David Berezov. The answer from Cherepovets has not changed — yet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ilja Antsiferov 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ignat Polischuk
Cherepovets asked and Dinamo Vladivostok said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match8 Aug 2026
Cherepovets come up short against Spartak Moscow 2
Spartak Moscow 2 left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market10 Aug 2026
Aleksey Shevtsov steps up from the Cherepovets academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aleksey Shevtsov 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
Cherepovets promote Nazar Yershov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nazar Yershov 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Cherepovets promote Maksim Chugunov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Maksim Chugunov 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Ilja Antsiferov gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Vladimir Polivanov faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Vladimir Polivanov after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Matvey Zakharzhevskiy is in the works
- The dugout Daniyal Gadjiev asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Elnur Khalygov remains an outsider