The Alverca Gazette
Match15 Aug 2026
Alverca strike at the death to beat Estoril Praia
There were 89 minutes on the clock and Estoril Praia had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Alverca did not stop to explain themselves.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Matheus Mendes keeps Alverca in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Jelle Van Neck would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Jelle Van Neck is living that version at Alverca, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Alverca
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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Chiquinho runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Paulo Agostinho in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Alverca this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Rafael Carvalho
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Bruno Mendes joins the Alverca first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bruno Mendes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Fabio Tavares joins the Alverca first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fabio Tavares is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ruben Monteiro joins the Alverca first team
- Match Alverca get the job done against Estoril Praia
- Squad Rafael Carvalho falls out with a teammate over standards