From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 Dec 2026
Filip Pajović 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.
Market21 Dec 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Husniddin G'afurov keeps the shirt for now, at Narva Trans's convenience rather than his own.
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From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Valeri Shantenkov and Narva Trans agree another 3 years.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Valeri Shantenkov, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market7 Dec 2026
Oleg Gonsevich has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Narva Trans they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Filip Pajović 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stanislav Agaptšev and Narva Trans agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad30 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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
119% of the income goes out in wages at Narva Trans
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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A new face in his position, and Husniddin G'afurov suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Narva Trans have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad23 Nov 2026
Filip Pajović 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.
Market23 Nov 2026
The name of Artjom Škinjov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Narva Trans say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad23 Nov 2026
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Narva Trans will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad16 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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market16 Nov 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Mark Maksimkin signs something — a contract at Narva Trans or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Shalva Burjanadze’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market9 Nov 2026
Oleg Gonsevich has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Narva Trans they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Filip Pajović 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Aleksander Filatov and Narva Trans agree another 3 years.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
119% of the income goes out in wages at Narva Trans
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.
Market2 Nov 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Alfred Mazurich 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad26 Oct 2026
Shalva Burjanadze 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Narva Trans, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market26 Oct 2026
The name of Artjom Škinjov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Narva Trans say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market19 Oct 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Mark Maksimkin signs something — a contract at Narva Trans or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad19 Oct 2026
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Narva Trans the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Narva Trans is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market12 Oct 2026
The name of German Šlein keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Narva Trans say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Narva Trans know it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Kakha Makharadze 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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
207% of the income goes out in wages at Narva Trans
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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market28 Sep 2026
The name of Artjom Škinjov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Narva Trans say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad28 Sep 2026
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Narva Trans the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
In brief
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The manager plants his flag on Elysée
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Karl Kait back in training
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market21 Sep 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Mark Maksimkin signs something — a contract at Narva Trans or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market14 Sep 2026
Oleg Gonsevich has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Narva Trans they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Shalva Burjanadze 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 Sep 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alfred Mazurich trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Steady
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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 158% of everything Narva Trans 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.
Squad7 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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match26 Aug 2026
The small margins put Narva Trans out
Out, 0‑1 to Flora, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 28 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Market31 Aug 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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Eriks Santos in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Cristian Campagna, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Match19 Aug 2026
A 2‑1 win over FCI Tallinn, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Market24 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 Narva Trans can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Kakha Makharadze 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 ratings24 Aug 2026
Marked 8.80 — 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.71 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Ahmad Gero 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.
Squad24 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
At 20 years old, Stanislav Agaptšev became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Market24 Aug 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Mark Maksimkin signs something — a contract at Narva Trans or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer from Sillamae Kalev for Aleksander Filatov was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market17 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Oleg Gonsevich
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Oleg Gonsevich will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Narva Trans the goodbyes have quietly begun.
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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
The name of German Šlein keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Narva Trans say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A new face in his position, and Kakha Makharadze suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Narva Trans have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market17 Aug 2026
A season-long look at somebody else’s player: Pa Modou Sohna arrives from Paide with something to prove and a return ticket in the drawer. Good loans make everybody richer; this one starts Saturday.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Levadia come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Narva Trans did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Filip Pajović has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Narva Trans know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Market10 Aug 2026
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Aleksandr Ivanjušin has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Narva Trans.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Narva Trans, another week without a signature from Elysée.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
The offer from Fjolnir for Ahmad Gero was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” German Šlein and Narva Trans agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Narva Trans know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Narva Trans, another week without a signature from Alfred Mazurich.