The Fakel Courier
Squad12 Jul 2027
Georgy Tigiev damages knee ligaments — 55 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 55 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.
Match12 Jul 2027
Fakel up to position 3
54 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Merabi Uridia 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 Fakel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market12 Jul 2027
Fakel promote Eduard Semak from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eduard Semak 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
Fakel promote Mark Gusev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Gusev 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Radomir Melnikov joins the Fakel first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Radomir Melnikov 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 Fakel promote Stanislav Sergeev from within
- Squad Ilnur Alshin falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom 96% of the income goes out in wages at Fakel
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Fakel