The Nosta Chronicle
The terraces17 Jul 2028
The mood at Nosta has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Ilja Marjasov damages knee ligaments — 32 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 32 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match15 Jul 2028
Nosta taken apart
1‑4 to Orenburg 2, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market17 Jul 2028
Ruslan Karavalliev asks to leave Nosta
“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.
Match15 Jul 2028
No end in sight to Nosta's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nosta has to find a result from somewhere.
Transfer targets17 Jul 2028
Kirill Dontsov due for a Nosta medical
Everything agreed with Metallurg, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Words exchanged at Nosta
Nikolay Andriyanov 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.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Nosta
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Jul 2028
A row about effort at Nosta
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Danila Boiko was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Market Nosta promote Ivan Yevseyev from within
- Market Nosta promote Arseniy Titov from within
- Market One of our own: Viktor Shatov joins the Nosta first team