The Veles Post
Player ratings17 Sep 2029
Dmitry Sergeev goes up and wins it — 7.95
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.95 for the rest of it.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Veles count the cost of losing Kirill Korolkov
14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Tempers go at Veles
Kirill Korolkov 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.
Squad17 Sep 2029
Words at Veles training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ishkhan Geloyan is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets17 Sep 2029
Door shut on Vladislav Rudenko
Veles asked and Sokol said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match15 Sep 2029
A bad afternoon for Veles against Chaika
1‑2 to Chaika, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market17 Sep 2029
Veles promote Mikhail Cherkasov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mikhail Cherkasov 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.
Market17 Sep 2029
Veles promote Yakov Leskov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yakov Leskov 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.
Market17 Sep 2029
Pyotr Fomin steps up from the Veles academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pyotr Fomin 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Sergei Kozlovsky joins the Veles first team
- Boardroom Embargo at Veles
- Match The run is over for Veles