The Famalicao Chronicle
Match11 Aug 2029
Famalicao run riot against Feirense
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad13 Aug 2029
A day Sorriso will not forget
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Player ratings13 Aug 2029
Ivan Schranz, 35, rolls back the years — 7.82
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.82 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market13 Aug 2029
Tamás Szűcs wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Famalicao hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad13 Aug 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.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Sorriso 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.
Boardroom13 Aug 2029
Graduation day at Famalicao
6 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
One of our own: Simao Borges joins the Famalicao first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simao Borges is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Aug 2029
One of our own: Eduardo Sousa joins the Famalicao first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduardo Sousa 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: David Pinto joins the Famalicao first team
- Player ratings One of those days for Sorriso
- Player ratings A masterclass from Giorgos Koutsias