The Spartak Tambov Sentinel
The dugout19 Mar 2029
Mikhail Ilyin keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Spartak Tambov may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market19 Mar 2029
One of our own: Ruslan Tikhomirov joins the Spartak Tambov first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ruslan Tikhomirov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Mar 2029
Spartak Tambov promote Dmitri Stolyarov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dmitri Stolyarov 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.
Market19 Mar 2029
One of our own: Ilya Zhirkov joins the Spartak Tambov first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ilya Zhirkov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Mar 2029
Fyodor Maltsev steps up from the Spartak Tambov academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fyodor Maltsev 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.
Boardroom19 Mar 2029
Nobody arrives at Spartak Tambov until somebody leaves
The club is not barred from spending; it simply has nothing to spend that it has not first raised. Every name linked with Spartak Tambov this window arrives with a name leaving in the same sentence.
In brief
- The dugout Andrey Bondar' asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Mikhail Ilyin: “I am not a substitute”
- The dugout Grigory Efimov keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Vyacheslav Kryukov back in training