David Herrera

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Real Frontera U18
27 Mar 2033
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The Real Frontera Courier

24 Jan 2033
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Real Frontera part company with Interim Coach

The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.

Boardroom

A stranger takes charge at Real Frontera

The coaching staff has emptied out entirely and there was nobody internal to promote, so the club has appointed a name almost none of its supporters will recognise. Clubs recover from this; none of them enjoy explaining it.

The dugout

Ender Albarrán keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Real Frontera may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Boardroom

Interim Coach takes charge at Real Frontera

“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.

Squad

Tempers go at Real Frontera

Jhonatan Restrepo 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.

Boardroom

9 academy players handed senior numbers at Real Frontera

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad

Jesús Figueroa falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market

One of our own: Diego Martinez joins the Real Frontera first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Martinez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Juan Gonzalez joins the Real Frontera first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Gonzalez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief