The Anápolis Post
Market16 Apr 2029
Only the photograph left for Bruninho
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Bruninho will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Anápolis the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Anápolis
Arthur 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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Anápolis
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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Léo Silva 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Anápolis promote Eduardo Rodrigues from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eduardo Rodrigues 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: Juninho joins the Anápolis first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juninho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Apr 2029
Anápolis promote Tiago Rangel from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tiago Rangel 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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
A promise the Anápolis board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Zé Gabriel gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Anápolis
- The dugout When it matters, Rafael Pascoal plays
- Looking ahead A reunion for Rayan Ribeiro