The Amora Post
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A brace, and JP Martins takes the afternoon — 8.59
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. JP Martins provided it, and the 8.59 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Amora
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Roan Wilson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match12 Sep 2026
Amora find a way past Belenenses
Belenenses made Amora work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market14 Sep 2026
Simao Santos steps up from the Amora academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simao Santos 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Manuel Gomes joins the Amora first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Manuel Gomes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Sep 2026
Carlos Soares steps up from the Amora academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Soares 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Amora settle it inside twenty minutes
2 goals before the ground had finished arriving. Belenenses spent the rest of the afternoon playing a match that had already been decided, and everybody in the stadium knew it.
Market14 Sep 2026
Amora and Duarte Martins are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Amora
Fletcher Smythe-Lowe 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.
In brief
- The dugout Goncalo Moreira has his say
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Buby Katty
- Squad Danilo Luís is a square peg at Amora