The Famalicao Chronicle
Market24 Sep 2029
Rodrigo Pinheiro 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 Famalicao can pretend not to have heard.
Match22 Sep 2029
Cruel end for Tondela as Famalicao pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Famalicao scored in the 92th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Match22 Sep 2029
Famalicao make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Famalicao have 4 straight wins of it.
Player ratings24 Sep 2029
Up for the corner, and Tom van de Looi delivers — 7.99
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Tom van de Looi scored, was marked 7.99, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad24 Sep 2029
Tempers go at Famalicao
Rodrigo Pinheiro 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.
Squad24 Sep 2029
Words at Famalicao training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Finn van Breemen 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.
Match22 Sep 2029
Famalicao get the job done against Tondela
A 2‑1 win over Tondela, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The dugout24 Sep 2029
Pedro Bondo 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 Sep 2029
Famalicao lose Simão Neto
31 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.