The Legion Courier
Match17 Jul 2027
Nobody wins at Legion
11 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Legion
Nikita Baranov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Graduation day at Legion
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.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Legion counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Legion now.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Bartosz Talar 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.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Nobody could get near Oliver Thoreson
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market19 Jul 2027
Stanislav Mamonov steps up from the Legion academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stanislav Mamonov 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
Fedot Ushakov steps up from the Legion academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fedot Ushakov 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
One of our own: Bogdan Gerasimov joins the Legion first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bogdan Gerasimov 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 One of our own: Vladlen Silaev joins the Legion first team
- Match A bad afternoon for Legion against Rostov 2
- Squad Nikita Yeremenko gets it from the manager