The Vila Nova Courier
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Vila Nova 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Matheus Moraes puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vila Nova, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
A stranger takes charge at Vila Nova
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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Interim Coach takes charge at Vila Nova
“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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Vila Nova
Erick 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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
The decline has begun for Rafa Silva
Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 37 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Vila Nova is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Vila Nova
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market16 Apr 2029
Vila Nova promote Nene from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nene has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market16 Apr 2029
Fernando Rodrigues steps up from the Vila Nova academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fernando Rodrigues has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Henrique Machado joins the Vila Nova first team
- Squad Filipe Dahora falls out with a teammate over standards
- Looking ahead Halls faces his old club