The Penedense Sentinel
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Marcos Cunha is out at Penedense
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
A stranger takes charge at Penedense
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 Penedense
“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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Victtor Chaves 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 Penedense can pretend not to have heard.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Words exchanged at Penedense
Yan and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Penedense
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
Carlão steps up from the Penedense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlão 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Penedense promote Vini from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vini 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
One of our own: Motorzinho joins the Penedense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Motorzinho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.