The Alverca Gazette
Squad31 Aug 2026
Matheus Mendes keeps Alverca in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Alverca rebuffed over Joe Hodge
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Tondela have kept their man, and Alverca go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Alverca make their move for Eddy Doué
$1.8M on the table at Estrela da Amadora. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nabil Touaizi beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market31 Aug 2026
Betel Valésio asks to leave Alverca
“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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Oliveirense come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Alverca did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Alverca
Zé Rafael and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Alverca baulk at the price for Eboué Kouassi
Leiria wanted more than $170.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Match29 Aug 2026
Alverca rescue it on 94 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 94. Sporting CP had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Vasco Moreira
- Squad Alverca are still strangers to each other
- Match Alverca share the spoils with Sporting CP