The Chernihiv Courier
Squad8 Feb 2027
A one-man rearguard from Maksym Tatarenko
There were 11 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market8 Feb 2027
Artur Bybik puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Chernihiv, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
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Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Chernihiv training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikita Tepliakov 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
UCSA take the points off Chernihiv
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Pavlo Shushko 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 Chernihiv this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market8 Feb 2027
Ivan Boyko steps up from the Chernihiv academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Boyko 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Ruslan Kulach joins the Chernihiv first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ruslan Kulach is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Looking ahead8 Feb 2027
A six-pointer for Chernihiv
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia next, and both sides can do the sum. Win and the table looks different; lose and it looks the way everybody has been fearing.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Pavlo Shushko
- The dugout Kostiantyn Haiduchok faces the questions
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Denys Bezborodko