The Nart Gazette
Player ratings29 Oct 2035
A brace, and Bulat Vatsuev takes the afternoon — 8.29
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Bulat Vatsuev provided it, and the 8.29 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market29 Oct 2035
Orkhan Sadygov asks to leave Nart
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad29 Oct 2035
A falling-out at Nart
Gamzat Khizriev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match27 Oct 2035
Nart end the wait against Sochi 2
It had gone 6 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Match27 Oct 2035
Nart find a way past Sochi 2
Sochi 2 made Nart work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market29 Oct 2035
Nart promote Mikhail Kalinin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mikhail Kalinin 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.
Market29 Oct 2035
Prokhor Devyatkin steps up from the Nart academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Prokhor Devyatkin 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.
Market29 Oct 2035
Georgy Osipov steps up from the Nart academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Georgy Osipov 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.
Boardroom29 Oct 2035
The borrowing at Nart reaches $5.2M
Past the limit the bank set, which is the line between a club being financed and a club being in trouble. $5.2M is now the number every conversation about this club will start with.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Nart
- The dugout Interim Coach has his say
- The dugout No hiding place for Valentin Bocharov