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November 2026 A high scoring month, five games with 28 goals. We started the month with a home game against Belgian side AA Gent in the Conference League, I wasn't expecting anything from the game but gave them a good game and lost by the odd goal in five. We then hammered Dila 4-1, rotated against Kolkheti and smashed six past them. We went back to full strength against Newcastle, I wasn't expecting anything, not even a goal but we respected them with the line-up. The league season ended with putting another four goals in an opposition net, Davitashvili scoring his 28th and 29th of the season. We finish the season 23 points clear of Dinamo Batumi. We drop down to 29th in the Conference League, our remaining games are against Pyunik and AEK.

October 2026 All months seem to be busy now. We opened it against Steaua Bucherest in the Conference League and to my surprise we managed a win away in Romania. We returned home and days later a subdued 1-0 win over Kutaisi in the league. A break in games thanks to an international break gave us time to rest up. We got back under way against lowly Dinamo Tbilisi, Ortiz hammered in four goals from five shots, 5-1 victors. Back in the Conference League we were victims of a hammering, Legia Warsaw smashing four past us, at home, albeit not in our stadium. We took revenge against Saburtalo, despite rotation, an unlikely hattrick from central midfielder Jamu. That win over Saburtalo saw us crowned Champions for a second successive season. Cup semi-final time, midweek on a Wednesday against non-league opponents, whats not to like. Another hattrick, this time from bit-part player Tsulaia. We ended a busy month against Sioni in the league, 3-1 winners with Paraguayan Martinez netting twice. Batumi have fallen apart, two wins in the last seven games means we're 19 points clear of them although they have a game in hand. 19th place (of 36) in the Conference League after two games. AA Gent up next. Weird not seeing this in red.

Thanks DB!

September 2026 A cup heavy month. We faced Tskhinvali-2 in a belated 2nd Round tie, we rotated once again but managed to score seven times, conceding three is painful against a 4th tier side. We kept with largely kept with the same side against Saburtalo, we had four or five players away on international duty, it concluded with a comfortbale 3-0 win against our fellow top tier side. Just two days later we returned to league action and managed a 1-1 draw against Samgurali. Dinamo Tbilisi in the cup Quarter Final and we hammered them, 5-2 with five different scorers. This game saw us set a new record for goals in a season in the cup, we now stand at 25 goals in five games with potentially two games to come. We continued that scoring form back into the league, firstly an away trip to Martvili where we stuck three past them, Jamu with another double and then back at home we absolutely hammered Dinamo Batumi, Paraguayan Ortiz with two and Zimbabwean Musikiri with a hattrick. Our other Paraguayan, Martinez made four assists. We also set a new record for league goals in a season with 74, we have seven more games remaining. 10 points clear. A healthy balance.

September 2026 - Junior Coaching Its going to take a few more upgrades to start getting some decent youth players.

We had a good run, got further in the CL qualifying that I thought we would but small steps and the Conference League is a good barometer to test ourselves against. Hopefully with the money we can improve the junior coaching/ youth recruitment.

September 2026 - Conference League Ker-ching! We could scrape three points in total here with a win over Pyunik. Newcastle

August 2026 Another really busy month which I'll break up into league and Europe. We opened the month with a top of the table clash against Batumi, an unlikely source of goals in central midfielder Jamu and centre back Manjate. We then undid all our good work by losing to Saburtalo and then drawing against DIla. We then hammered five past Sioni although conceding three wasn't in the script, we went one better a week later, putting six past a hapless Kolkheti. We remain six points clear with 10 games remaining. We continued our foray into the Champions League, a ridiculous 4-4 away draw gave us some glimmour of hope of getting through but Red Star were just too strong for us in the end as we lost out 6-5 on aggregate. We dropped down in the Europa League Play-Off To meet a familiar foe in Maribor. Unfortunately we didn't have the quality to beat them over two legs, we had salvaged a draw with an injury time equaliser at home but were no match for them away in Slovenia. Our balance is looking a lot healthier despite being in the red. £413k in prize money and £145k in gate receipts this month.

July 2026 An extremely busy month as domestic and European football returns. We began the month in fine fashion, Davitashvili smashing four past Kolkheti then a hat-trick past TNS. We began to rotate against Martvili but that didn't stop us from winning comfortably. We kept with the same team against TNS as we'd pretty much had the tie won in the first leg. Torpedo were too strong for us, tiredness kicked in and we couldn't hold on for a point. We faced Maribor in the 2nd Qualifying Round and got a good draw at home against a much stronger side. Again we rotated against Dinamo Tb. and got the win this time, Musikiri netting both. The most important game of the month, away in Slovenia, back to full strength and we dominated. Our 6 travelling away fans saw the biggest result in our history as we made it to the 3rd Qualifying Round of the Champions League. We faced Serbian side Red Star. Still a six point gap to 2nd place as Batumi also lose this month, against Samgural. £172k in prize money and £118k in gate receipts hasn't done much to the finances yet.

July 2026 - Job Interview Offer No thanks. Why would I want to move to a club battling to stay in the league?

June 2026 - Champions League Draw We face one the above clubs from the preliminary qualifying rounds. Then if we win that round we will face either Slovenia's Maribor or Icelandic side Stjarnan. Hopefully a couple of rounds at least to earn some competition prize money and try and set our finances right for the rest of the season.

June 2026 Just one game in June as the league breaks for the World Cup despite Georgia not being represented in Northern America. Another win as the Twin Paraguayan's bag one each, we could and should have had more. We restricted Samgurali to no shots on target which was good from our defence. We keep the gap to six points with a far superior goal difference.

June 2026 - Cash Injection Another £500k into the balance.

May 2026 Another busy month, five games in the league and an easy cup game. We opened the month against our nearest rivals Batumi, we absoltely dominated them for a 2-0 win, they had just four shots on goal compared to our 17. Seemingly a more difficult game against Dinamo Tbilisi a week later with a rare Tsulaia goal from the bench to get the win late on. A big win in the cup midweek against Voiazhi before a shock loss at home to Saburtalo, maybe a price to pay for not rotating more midweek. Back to winning ways against Sioni, Ortiz with a double and a late, late, late equaliser from him against Dila to salvage a point. Six points clear now at the top of the table and they (Batumi) are a further six points ahead of 3rd. Ugly scenes on the balance sheet.

May 2026 - Wage Reduction Not a great situation to be in, luckily its been set just above what we are currently spending.

April 2026 An even busier month with a sea of green until the last game of the April. Four away games on the bounce looked difficult on paper but we did what we had to do to get the wins. We fell behind against Saburtalo but were then 3-1 up with a third of the game remaining. A hard fought win over a resurgent Dila side, we actually had two goals disallowed so we could have been more comfortable in the end. We played Tbilisi-2016 in the cup, we were 3-2 up with 10 minutes remaining before Ortiz struck twice to take the game away from the home side. Another tough trip to Samgurali for the first time this season and we struggled a little, the home side created more chances than us and should have probably scored but Zimbabwean Musikiri struck the only goal of the game to give us another three points. Kolkheti-1913 were promoted last season and along with Martvili, Davitashvili struck four goals of the two games, with his hat-trick against the latter from central midfield. We ended the month at home to Torpedo, we were on course for another 1-0 win through Martinez but they scored their only effort on target in the 89th minute to snatch a point. Batumi lost twice this month to allow us to steal a march on them and open up a three point gap at the top. Looks like it could be a two-horse race already.

Thanks! Yeah, until our rep improves and we get some money for improvements I don't think we'll get many decent players through our intakes.

March 2026 A busy opening month with five league games with four wins and one loss against a good Dinamo Batumi side. We opened the month with a demolition job on newly promoted Martvili, although neither new striker signing managed a debut goal. A tought trip to Torpedo followed as we won comfortably with Martinez bagging his first league goal for the club. Ortiz got his first goal for the club but in that 2-1 loss to Batumi. We got things back on track against Dinamo Tbilisi with a comfortble 3-0 win, an own goal and the twin Paraguayan's netting. Sioni came to town in the last game of the month, we were 4-0 up before Touray picked up two yellows in three minutes, we held firm and Ortiz added his second before they pulled one back. 2nd sandwiched between two unbeaten teams with Batumi on five wins from five.

Mar 2026 - Pre-Season A fairly quiet pre-season against lower league opposition which culminated in defeat to Dinamo Batumi in the Georgian Super Cup despite taking them to extra time. Three more players joined, one permenantly and two on loan. We plumped for Jorge Manjate, offer to us by his agent from Mozambican club Ferroviario de Lichinga, we managed to snag him for £26k intially, rising to £50k based on appearances. The young defender will slot in beside Brazilian Otavio in central defence. Cheap but decent Georgian players are hard to come by, we opted to loan two more defenders in Soso Imnadze from Torpedo and Giorgadze from Dinamo Bt. both are bench players who will rotate into the side.

February 2026 - Poached Our first player poached by another club which is nice to see. Shame he looks like he's going to be quite poor.

February 2026 - Cash Injection Another £500k pumped in to the club. It halves our balance debt.

January 2026 - Early Business 79 days left with the transfer window open and pre-season hasn't begun yet but we have our first players through the door. Firstly though, we released six first team players to make room for new arrivals. Gujabidze, Lyegostayev and Saine had all been first team regulars but would have fell down the pecking order this coming season. We needed a freshen up, we're league champions we needed to strengthen further. Incoming so far are three players, Mamuchashvili replaces Gujabidze on the bench in the DM slot, so no more needs to be said about him. Whereas, Ortiz and Martinez both signed on free transfers from Paraguayan club Deportivo Capiata who have a pethora of young talent but they had decided not to offer either of these new deals. I had originally seen Ortiz, he had popped up in my recruitment centre, offered to me by his agent. I quickly offered him a contract and a stipulation of signing was to bring in another player to help him settle. That led me to looking at the rest of the Capiata squad to find Martinez in the same situation and duly offered him a contract. Two new strikers, both Paraguayan, whats not to love. Ortiz is a 1 in 3 striker and Martinez is nearly 1 in 2 striker. We still lack a couple of defenders, could maybe upgrade at GK but all in all we're looking good going into the new season.

Three games in hand at this stage of the season is huge with no more European fixtures, the league has to be yours.

2025 Season Review An maiden title for Rustavi as we end with a 20-11-5 record, picking up 71 points and finishing just a solitary point ahead of Samgurali in second place. We finished a fair distance ahead of the chasing pack with Dinamo Batumi finishing 3rd. Shockingly DInamo Tbilisi finish in the relegation play-offs although I don't envisage them dropping down into the second tier of Georgian football just yet. We scored a huge 71 goals this season in our 36 games with the next highest were Samgurali and Batumi with 43 goals each, however we did concede 32 goals which was joint second least but 10 goals more than Samgurali. Of those 71 goals, Zuriko Davitshavili scored 20 in a central striking role despite being suited to left midfield, that record seeing him crowned as the leagues top scorer. Beyond Zuriko, we shared the goals around but no player managed double figures; Musikiri (9), Lyegostayev (9), Bendianishvili (8) and an injury prone Tsulaia with seven goals. We crashed out of the Davit Kipriani Cup at the second round stage having beaten Sioni and Iveria before losing to Gareji. We also played in Europe for the first time, we were drawn against Sheriff Tiraspol of Moldova in the 1st Qualifying Round. We lost the first leg away from home 3-2 before earning a draw at home to lose the tie overall 4-3 on aggregate. Despite cash injections from the board we're still in the red by over £600k, we received £165k for winning the league and also £215k from participating in Europe. We're still over a year away from playing in our new stadium so we will continue to lose money until the attendances can increase in the league.

November 2025 Back to back wins opened the month, Tbilisi blown aside by Davitashvili either side of half time, the former league winners are having a season of struggles. Dinamo Batumi came to town a week later and we instantly put them on the back foot through Musikiri after three minutes, Jamu sealed the win. Samgurali had an easier time of it, winning both their games against relegated Lokomotivi and lowly Telavi. They then dropped points to Sioni... Meaning we need to equal or plainly better than result to win our first title. A point against Dila and title secured without the worry of having to get a result against Samgurali. We ended the season with a loss to Samgurali, not that it mattered. Champions with a game to spare but second place finish just a point behind having been nine points clear at one stage.