22 Nov 2027
Monday
Process
68 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Kolomna lose Alexandr Zotov

118 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Maxim Dedelev asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Match

7 unbeaten for Kolomna

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Kolomna did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Stanislav Utkin signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Stanislav Utkin commits to Kolomna for another 3 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Yasson Mandzukas

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

No goals between Kolomna and Kosmos

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Kosmos will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

Back issues
67 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Giga Abramishvili hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Match

6 unbeaten for Kolomna

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Kolomna did not have in the autumn.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Georgy Borisov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Kolomna and Yenisey 2 cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Yenisey 2 came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad

Eduardo Acosta wants a proper job in this side

Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Eduardo Acosta has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Kolomna know, and have known for weeks.

Squad

Yaroslav Kolesnichenko knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

66 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Sergey Yeschenko hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Kolomna

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Alexey Belyanin out for 40 days

The medical room confirms 40 days on the sidelines for Alexey Belyanin, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

65 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Arseny Yerastov asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Match

Kolomna see off Irkutsk

Three points for Kolomna, 1-0 the final word against Irkutsk in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Evgeniy Alymov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Eduardo Acosta knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Rauf Novruzov finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Kolomna have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Market

Sergey Yeschenko linked with a move away

The name of Sergey Yeschenko keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Kolomna say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

64 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Kolomna sink to position 13

12 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad

Rowen Muscat: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kolomna have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Maxim Dedelev asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

In brief

63 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Rauf Novruzov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Sergey Yeschenko keeps Kolomna in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Grigory Komovnikov signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Grigory Komovnikov commits to Kolomna for another 3 years.

In brief

62 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Sergey Yeschenko hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Kolomna

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Loan watch

Alexandr Peshkov has seen enough of Rodina M

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Kolomna, and 1 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Kolomna get the job done against Chertanovo

A 1-0 win over Chertanovo, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nikita Kolesin

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Kolomna sign Evgeniy Alymov, one for the future

Evgeniy Alymov is 19, and Kolomna have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

The clock runs on Nikita Kolesin's contract

11 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Squad

Eduardo Acosta is off the mark for Kolomna

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Market

Kolomna and Evgeniy Alymov are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief

61 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Patryk Starobrat asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Kolomna against Zenit 2

0-1 to Zenit 2, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Georgy Borisov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

60 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Eduardo Acosta says Kolomna went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

Kolomna sink to position 14

7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Giga Abramishvili asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Match

Kolomna find a way past Luki-Energiya

Luki-Energiya made Kolomna work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sergey Yeschenko

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Saeed Al-Shammari signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Saeed Al-Shammari commits to Kolomna for another 3 years.

In brief

59 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

10 matches without a win for Kolomna

The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Kolomna are no longer polite ones.

Market

Rauf Novruzov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Kolomna lose Nikita Antipov

37 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Kirill Matsak stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Kirill Matsak and Kolomna agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Kolomna come up short against Zvezda

Zvezda left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Sergey Chernenko gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

58 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

9 matches without a win for Kolomna

The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Kolomna are no longer polite ones.

Market

Sergey Yeschenko hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Patryk Starobrat has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kolomna they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Eduardo Acosta gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Honours even between Kolomna and Tver

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Sergey Chernenko finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Kolomna have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Squad

Eduardo Acosta handed the armband

The captaincy goes to Eduardo Acosta. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.

Squad

Rowen Muscat is not saying it is over

“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 36 with 210 appearances behind him, and Kolomna have to plan for both answers.

Market

Nikita Shulzhenko leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Nikita Shulzhenko leaves Kolomna the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

57 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Patryk Starobrat says Kolomna went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Maxim Dedelev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Dmitry Gusarov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Dmitry Gusarov and Kolomna agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

56 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The cup run ends for Kolomna

0-1 against Angusht, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Match

Chastening afternoon for Kolomna

A 0-3 beating by Dinamo Vologda was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Match

No end in sight to Kolomna's wait for a win

8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Kolomna has to find a result from somewhere.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 9 of the 25 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Market

Giga Abramishvili asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sergey Yeschenko

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Kolomna dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Market

A long bet from Kolomna on Radomir Prokhorov

He is 17, and nobody at Kolomna signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Market

Ruslan Aderikhin is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kolomna has been clear about where Ruslan Aderikhin stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

55 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

6 matches without a win for Kolomna

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Kolomna are no longer polite ones.

Market

Rodina M come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Kolomna did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Kolomna lose Nikita Antipov

65 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Alexandr Peshkov attracts admirers

The name of Alexandr Peshkov has come up in conversations Kolomna were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Grigory Komovnikov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Nikita Antipov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

54 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Sergey Yeschenko hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Match

5 matches without a win for Kolomna

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Kolomna are no longer polite ones.

Market

Patryk Starobrat has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kolomna they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Alexandr Zotov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Alexandr Zotov and Kolomna agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Kolomna come up short against Baltika 2

Baltika 2 left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market

Astrakhan expected to open talks for Alexandr Peshkov

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Kolomna will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

53 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

4 matches without a win for Kolomna

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Kolomna are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Alexandr Zotov signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexandr Zotov commits to Kolomna for another 2 years.

Squad

Nikita Antipov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

52 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Kolomna turn down Astrakhan for Alexandr Peshkov

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sergey Yeschenko

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Kolomna share the spoils with Yenisey 2

A 1-1 draw with Yenisey 2 leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

51 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 26 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Squad

Kolomna lose Nikita Antipov

93 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Alexei Simakov is a Kolomna player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Grigory Kolmogorov is a Kolomna player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Savely Kolmogorov comes home

The shirt still fits. Savely Kolmogorov is back at Kolomna, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Egor Shatov is a Kolomna player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

In brief

50 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Maxim Dedelev asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Market

Patryk Starobrat has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kolomna they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Rauf Novruzov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Rauf Novruzov and Kolomna agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Alexey Belyanin gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Alexandr Zotov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Kolomna and Alexandr Khvataev are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief

49 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Alexey Belyanin: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kolomna have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Rowen Muscat out for 36 days

The medical room confirms 36 days on the sidelines for Rowen Muscat, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Vyacheslav Novichkov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Vyacheslav Novichkov and Kolomna agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Talks stall between Kolomna and Nikita Antipov

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

Patryk Starobrat gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Sergey Yeschenko linked with a move away

The name of Sergey Yeschenko keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Kolomna say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

48 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Grigory Komovnikov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Grigory Komovnikov and Kolomna agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nikita Antipov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Kolomna pick up Giga Abramishvili for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Giga Abramishvili arrives at Kolomna with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

In brief

47 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Kolomna lose Nikita Antipov

121 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Sergey Yeschenko stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sergey Yeschenko and Kolomna agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Kolomna sell Nikita Lukjanenko for $6.0K

Nikita Lukjanenko has left for Leningradets in a $6.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

In brief

46 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Maxim Dedelev asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Market

Patryk Starobrat has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kolomna they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Kolomna lose Alexandr Khvataev

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

45 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Sergey Yeschenko claims the golden glove

The one award nobody else on the pitch can win goes to Sergey Yeschenko, on 18 clean sheets across the season. Keepers wait a career for a season like it.

Squad

Sergey Yeschenko gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Astemir Mambetov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

44 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Anatoly-Talmas Muradov out for 41 days

The medical room confirms 41 days on the sidelines for Anatoly-Talmas Muradov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Alexandr Zotov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Still no signature from Mikhail Kanaev

4 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Kolomna could get for him.

In brief

43 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Alexandr Zotov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

The manager comes out for Kirill Matsak

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Kirill Matsak has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

42 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Maxim Dedelev asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Market

Patryk Starobrat has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kolomna they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Ibragim Umarov out for 44 days

The medical room confirms 44 days on the sidelines for Ibragim Umarov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

41 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Nikita Antipov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Grigory Komovnikov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Talks stall between Kolomna and Alexandr Khvataev

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

40 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Anatoly-Talmas Muradov out for 69 days

The medical room confirms 69 days on the sidelines for Anatoly-Talmas Muradov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Kolomna and Nikita Antipov are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

Nikita Antipov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

39 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Kirill Matsak asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Yaroslav Kolesnichenko keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Yaroslav Kolesnichenko plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

38 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Maxim Dedelev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Patryk Starobrat is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Kolomna is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Sergey Yeschenko gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

37 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Yaroslav Kolesnichenko says Kolomna went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Alexandr Zotov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Astemir Mambetov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

36 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Yasson Mandzukas says Kolomna went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Kolomna lose Anatoly-Talmas Muradov

97 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Alexandr Zotov loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Alexandr Zotov. Kolomna will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

In brief

35 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Grigory Komovnikov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Patryk Starobrat knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

The manager comes out for Rauf Novruzov

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Rauf Novruzov has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

34 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Yaroslav Kolesnichenko out for 37 days

The medical room confirms 37 days on the sidelines for Yaroslav Kolesnichenko, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Nikita Antipov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Grigory Komovnikov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

33 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Patryk Starobrat

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Nikita Antipov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Patryk Starobrat runs his contract down

7 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Kolomna money.

In brief

32 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Alexandr Zotov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Alexandr Zotov and Kolomna agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Kolomna lose Anatoly-Talmas Muradov

125 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Kirill Matsak gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

31 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Kirill Matsak: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kolomna have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Kolomna and Nikita Antipov are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

Mikhail Kanaev is not saying it is over

“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 38 with 22 appearances behind him, and Kolomna have to plan for both answers.

In brief

30 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Alexandr Peshkov asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Grigory Komovnikov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Wages eat 96% of everything Kolomna earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Market

Kolomna bring in an old head

Alexandr Zotov is 36 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

Squad

Somebody is after Ruslan Kazakov’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Ruslan Kazakov suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Kolomna have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

Squad

Yaroslav Kolesnichenko knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

29 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Danil Pshenichnikov has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kolomna they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Grigory Komovnikov says Kolomna went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Nikita Lukjanenko asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Squad

Rowen Muscat signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rowen Muscat commits to Kolomna for another 1 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Patryk Starobrat

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Experience through the door at Kolomna

Rowen Muscat arrives at 35 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

In brief

28 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

18 unbeaten for Kolomna

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 18 matches without defeat is a foundation Kolomna did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Arseny Yerastov says Kolomna went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Sergey Alexeev gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

27 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

17 unbeaten for Kolomna

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 17 matches without defeat is a foundation Kolomna did not have in the autumn.

Match

Kolomna find a way past Saturn

Saturn made Kolomna work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mikhail Kanaev

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Nikita Antipov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Alexandr Peshkov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kolomna has been clear about where Alexandr Peshkov stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

Kolomna put Danil Pshenichnikov up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Danil Pshenichnikov may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

26 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

16 unbeaten for Kolomna

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 16 matches without defeat is a foundation Kolomna did not have in the autumn.

Market

Patryk Starobrat asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Squad

Alexandr Peshkov says Kolomna went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

At 21, Danil Anosov is already the best thing here

An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. Kolomna have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

Kolomna find a way past Spartak Moscow 2

Spartak Moscow 2 made Kolomna work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Boardroom

Wages eat 108% of everything Kolomna earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Grigory Komovnikov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Nikita Antipov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Nikita Lukjanenko is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kolomna has been clear about where Nikita Lukjanenko stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

25 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

15 unbeaten for Kolomna

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 15 matches without defeat is a foundation Kolomna did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Bulat Musaev says Kolomna went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Danil Pshenichnikov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

24 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

14 unbeaten for Kolomna

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 14 matches without defeat is a foundation Kolomna did not have in the autumn.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Yaroslav Kolesnichenko

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

No goals between Kolomna and Zenit 2

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Zenit 2 will be the happier side with the point.

Market

Talks stall between Kolomna and Alexandr Khvataev

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

Still no signature from Danil Pshenichnikov

7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Kolomna could get for him.

Squad

Astemir Mambetov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

23 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

13 unbeaten for Kolomna

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 13 matches without defeat is a foundation Kolomna did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Nikita Lukjanenko says Kolomna went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sergey Yeschenko

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

No place for Danil Pshenichnikov on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Kolomna pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Squad

Yasson Mandzukas signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Yasson Mandzukas commits to Kolomna for another 3 years.

Market

Kolomna and Nikita Antipov are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief

22 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Patryk Starobrat asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Match

12 unbeaten for Kolomna

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Kolomna did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Grigory Komovnikov: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kolomna have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

At 21, Danil Anosov is already the best thing here

An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. Kolomna have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Boardroom

Wages eat 206% of everything Kolomna earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Match

Kolomna find a way past Zvezda

Zvezda made Kolomna work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Nikita Antipov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Patryk Starobrat asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Kolomna put Maxim Dedelev up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Maxim Dedelev may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

21 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Danil Pshenichnikov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Match

11 unbeaten for Kolomna

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 11 matches without defeat is a foundation Kolomna did not have in the autumn.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Patryk Starobrat

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

20 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Maxim Dedelev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nikita Lukjanenko

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Nikita Antipov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

19 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Still nobody has beaten Kolomna

The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Market

Daniil Glyz asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Squad

Nikita Antipov signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nikita Antipov commits to Kolomna for another 3 years.

Match

Kolomna get the job done against Dinamo Vologda

A 1-0 win over Dinamo Vologda, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Yaroslav Kolesnichenko gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

The month belongs to Danil Anosov

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Kolomna have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

In brief

18 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Patryk Starobrat asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Kolomna

The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Boardroom

233% of the income goes out in wages at Kolomna

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Match

Kolomna get the job done against Torpedo Vladimir

A 1-0 win over Torpedo Vladimir, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Dmitry Usov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Danil Pshenichnikov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

17 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Danil Pshenichnikov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Kolomna

The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sergey Alexeev

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

16 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Maxim Dedelev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Kolomna

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Danil Pshenichnikov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

15 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Daniil Glyz asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Kolomna

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Match

Kolomna get the job done against Yenisey 2

A 3-1 win over Yenisey 2, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sergey Yeschenko

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Danil Anosov finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Kolomna have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Squad

Yaroslav Kolesnichenko asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

14 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom

233% of the income goes out in wages at Kolomna

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Match

Kolomna see off Cherepovets

Three points for Kolomna, 1-0 the final word against Cherepovets in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Patryk Starobrat gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

13 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Danil Pshenichnikov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nikita Antipov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Kolomna and Irkutsk cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Irkutsk came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief

12 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Bulat Musaev: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kolomna have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Maxim Dedelev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Costly mistake from Sergey Yeschenko

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Sergey Yeschenko knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

In brief

11 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Danil Pshenichnikov: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kolomna have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Daniil Glyz asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Squad

Yaroslav Kolesnichenko gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Honours even between Kolomna and Spartak Moscow 2

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Mikhail Kanaev knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Kirill Zhitlov is off the mark for Kolomna

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

10 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Mariano Ghigo asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Squad

Mikhail Kanaev stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Mikhail Kanaev and Kolomna agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Boardroom

396% of the income goes out in wages at Kolomna

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Match

Kolomna get the job done against Chertanovo

A 2-0 win over Chertanovo, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

Talks stall between Kolomna and Patryk Starobrat

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bulat Musaev

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Ibragim Umarov finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Kolomna have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Squad

Dmitry Usov finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Kolomna have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Market

Kolomna pick up Patryk Starobrat for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Patryk Starobrat arrives at Kolomna with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

In brief

9 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Danil Pshenichnikov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Zenit 2 take the points off Kolomna

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Dmitry Pavlov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

8 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Maxim Dedelev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Grigory Komovnikov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Kolomna draw a blank against Luki-Energiya

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Luki-Energiya defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

7 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Daniil Glyz asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Match

Kolomna get the job done against Zvezda

A 1-0 win over Zvezda, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Danil Pshenichnikov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Kolomna and Danil Pshenichnikov are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

Nikita Antipov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Ruslan Kazakov has taken the shirt

At 27 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Kolomna are won quietly and lost loudly.

In brief

6 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Mariano Ghigo asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Market

Maxim Dedelev is a Kolomna player

The fee is $4.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Cherepovets drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Boardroom

149% of the income goes out in wages at Kolomna

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Match

Kolomna find a way past Tver

Tver made Kolomna work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Market

Talks stall between Kolomna and Nikita Antipov

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kirill Zhitlov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

5 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Astemir Mambetov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kolomna can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mikhail Kanaev

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Danil Pshenichnikov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kolomna, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

4 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The cup run ends for Kolomna

0-1 against Kuban Holding, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market

Dmitry Khraptsov asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Squad

Astemir Mambetov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Mikhail Kanaev asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Experience through the door at Kolomna

Mariano Ghigo arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

Match

Kolomna and Dinamo Vologda cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Dinamo Vologda came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief

3 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Kolomna see off Torpedo Vladimir

Three points for Kolomna, 1-0 the final word against Torpedo Vladimir in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Market

Kolomna and Danil Pshenichnikov are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Dmitry Gusarov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Mikhail Kanaev has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Mikhail Kanaev keeps the shirt for now, at Kolomna's convenience rather than his own.

Market

Kolomna bring in Ruslan Kazakov on loan

A season-long audition: Leningradets still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Kolomna's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.

Market

Kolomna bring in Sergey Alexeev on loan

A season-long audition: Dinamo Vladivostok still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Kolomna's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.

In brief

2 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Daniil Glyz asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Squad

Sergey Yeschenko signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sergey Yeschenko commits to Kolomna for another 3 years.

Squad

Grigory Komovnikov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Kolomna and Nikita Antipov are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market

Kolomna put Astemir Mambetov up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Astemir Mambetov may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Market

Anatoly-Talmas Muradov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kolomna has been clear about where Anatoly-Talmas Muradov stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

1 Edition

The Kolomna Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Astemir Mambetov asks to leave Kolomna

“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.

Squad

Mikhail Kanaev stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Mikhail Kanaev and Kolomna agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Kosmos take the points off Kolomna

Beaten 2-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Mikhail Kanaev gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Kolomna and Nikita Lukjanenko are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

Grigory Komovnikov finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Kolomna have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief