The Telavi Sentinel
The dugout6 Mar 2028
Gustavo Simões keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Telavi may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match4 Mar 2028
The run at home goes on for Telavi
12 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
The Telavi board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Piruz Marakvelidze signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Piruz Marakvelidze commits to Telavi for another 2 years.
Squad6 Mar 2028
A falling-out at Telavi
Piruz Marakvelidze and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Telavi
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.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Home is on Vini Moura's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Telavi are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Match4 Mar 2028
Telavi see off Sioni
Three points for Telavi, 2‑0 the final word against Sioni in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market6 Mar 2028
Archil Mchedlidze steps up from the Telavi academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Archil Mchedlidze 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 Telavi promote Goga Kashia from within
- Market Telavi promote Irakli Kvilitaia from within
- Market Telavi promote Kakha Ananidze from within