From our football correspondent
Steady
Market8 Mar 2027
Jasur Yoqubov 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 Kokand 1912 can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Toma Tabatadze and Kokand 1912 agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Toma Tabatadze
“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.
Market8 Mar 2027
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eldor Shomurodov 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 Mar 2027
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sardor Ganiev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jaloliddin Hasanov 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.
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Steady
Squad1 Mar 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Andro Giorgadze
“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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Kokand 1912 has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
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Steady
Squad22 Feb 2027
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
125% of the income goes out in wages at Kokand 1912
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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Murodjon Komilov has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Kokand 1912 will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
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Steady
Squad15 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“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.
Loan watch15 Feb 2027
“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 Kokand 1912, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
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Steady
Squad8 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Nobody at Kokand 1912 will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Alper Özdemi̇r 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 Kokand 1912, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andro Giorgadze, and the manager let it.
Squad1 Feb 2027
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Kokand 1912 has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
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Steady
Market25 Jan 2027
“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.
Market25 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Wages eat 166% of everything Kokand 1912 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rustam Nartajiyev, and the manager let it.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Murodjon Komilov has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Kokand 1912 will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
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Steady
Squad18 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
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Steady
Market11 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Kokand 1912 have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Nobody at Kokand 1912 will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market11 Jan 2027
48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
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Steady
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andro Giorgadze, and the manager let it.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Shahzod Akramov commits to Kokand 1912 for another 4 years.
Market4 Jan 2027
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” O'ktamjon Abdumalikov has his answer from Kokand 1912; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
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Steady
Squad28 Dec 2026
“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.
Market28 Dec 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Kokand 1912 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
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Steady
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kokand 1912 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad21 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Dec 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Nobody at Kokand 1912 will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
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Steady
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kokand 1912 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad7 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Shohrux Mahmudhojiyev and Kokand 1912 agree another 3 years.
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Steady
Market30 Nov 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kokand 1912 they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 509% of everything Kokand 1912 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.
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Steady
Market23 Nov 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kokand 1912 they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad23 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch23 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Pakhtakor to sit and watch. I want to come back to Kokand 1912 and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 11 matches say the rest.
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Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
“I watch every Kokand 1912 game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Persis runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Javohir Husanov
“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.
Market16 Nov 2026
2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Kokand 1912 could get for him.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Zafar Hakimov 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.
Market16 Nov 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Asliddin Toshtemirov’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
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Steady
Squad9 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Shahzod Azmiddinov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kokand 1912 have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market2 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Kokand 1912 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 509% of everything Kokand 1912 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“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.
Market2 Nov 2026
“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.
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Steady
Market26 Oct 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kokand 1912 they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Javohir Husanov: 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.” Kokand 1912 have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad26 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
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Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and G'ulom Haydar G'ulomov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market5 Oct 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Muhriddin Fazliddinov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kokand 1912 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
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Upbeat
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.44, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market28 Sep 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kokand 1912 they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom28 Sep 2026
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Muhriddin Fazliddinov has agreed terms with Qizilqum for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad28 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match26 Sep 2026
Metallurg made Kokand 1912 work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Marked 8.86 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“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.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Marked 8.63 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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Crisis
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Sep 2026
There were 6 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match19 Sep 2026
0‑1 to Mashal, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
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Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
“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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Marked 8.94. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Kokand 1912.
Match12 Sep 2026
It finished 1‑0, and it was Shahzod Azmiddinov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Kokand 1912.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.29. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Kokand 1912 will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Shota Gvazava
Defensive actions: 14. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
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Uneasy
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Sep 2026
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.
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
663% of the income goes out in wages at Kokand 1912
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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Kokand 1912 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andro Giorgadze 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andro Giorgadze, and the manager let it.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 13, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match5 Sep 2026
Point won or two lost for Kokand 1912?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Obod? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
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Crisis
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kokand 1912 can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
7.61, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Market31 Aug 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kokand 1912 they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market31 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Shohrux Mahmudhojiyev has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad31 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match29 Aug 2026
1‑2 to Navbahor, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jasur Yoqubov, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match22 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 85th, and Bukhara spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Aug 2026
Shakhter come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Kokand 1912 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market24 Aug 2026
“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 Kokand 1912, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.64, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“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.
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Uneasy
Match12 Aug 2026
Neftchi ended it 0‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Kokand 1912
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Kokand 1912 are no longer polite ones.
Squad17 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Javohir Sidiqov was on a different afternoon to everybody else
9.11. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Shohruh Gadoyev, and the manager let it.
Match15 Aug 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
10 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match8 Aug 2026
Kokand 1912 throw away a 2-goal lead
2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Qizilqum the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Kokand 1912 will enjoy reviewing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kokand 1912 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was on a different afternoon to everybody else
9.21. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Yehor Kondratiuk was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.97. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Toma Tabatadze, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A 2‑2 draw with Qizilqum leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market10 Aug 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kokand 1912 has been clear about where Mirziyod Mirodilov stands, which is more than many ever get.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Toma Tabatadze and Kokand 1912 agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sylvanus Nimely was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Jasur Yoqubov
“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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Yehor Kondratiuk at his very best
Marked 8.54. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Kokand 1912.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Jasur Yoqubov's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Market3 Aug 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kokand 1912 has been clear about where Muhriddin Fazliddinov stands, which is more than many ever get.
Match1 Aug 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Pakhtakor leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.