The Moreirense Sentinel
The terraces16 Aug 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Match14 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Moreirense's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Moreirense has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Abdoulie Ceesay is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Moreirense
Kiko Bondoso 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 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Moreirense
7 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 Aug 2027
Álvaro Martínez has improved at 25, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Abdoulie Ceesay 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.
Match14 Aug 2027
Moreirense come up short against Famalicao
Famalicao left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Daniel Simoes joins the Moreirense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Simoes 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 Moreirense promote Jorge Lopes from within
- Market One of our own: Paulo Neves joins the Moreirense first team
- Market Ruben Goncalves steps up from the Moreirense academy