The Sokol Post
The dugout22 Sep 2031
Anthony King says Sokol went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market22 Sep 2031
Niccolò Mazzantini is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sokol is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad22 Sep 2031
Vadim Averkiev 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 Sokol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets22 Sep 2031
Rostov tell Sokol: Yegor Teterlev 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.
Match20 Sep 2031
Danil Akhatov’s goal not enough for Sokol
Danil Akhatov scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Chernomorets, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market22 Sep 2031
Sokol promote Viktor Ragulin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Viktor Ragulin 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.
Market22 Sep 2031
Sokol promote Alexey Erofeev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexey Erofeev 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.
Market22 Sep 2031
Gennady Bogdanov steps up from the Sokol academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gennady Bogdanov 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.
The dugout22 Sep 2031
No hiding place for Maxim Khachatryan
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Maxim Khachatryan, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Dmitry Sasin falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout Interim Coach: “No excuses”
- Squad Magomedsalam Kuniev is a square peg at Sokol