The Pacos de Ferreira Chronicle
Squad16 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Vito Mannone
There were 12 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match14 Aug 2027
4 matches without a win for Pacos de Ferreira
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Pacos de Ferreira are no longer polite ones.
Market16 Aug 2027
Afonso Simoes is a Pacos de Ferreira player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market16 Aug 2027
Henrique Gomes comes home
The shirt still fits. Henrique Gomes is back at Pacos de Ferreira, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market16 Aug 2027
Daniel Castro is a Pacos de Ferreira player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market16 Aug 2027
Francisco Ferreira comes home
The shirt still fits. Francisco Ferreira is back at Pacos de Ferreira, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Match14 Aug 2027
Pacos de Ferreira come up short against Sporting CP
Sporting CP left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Carlos Eduardo 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.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
The spotlight tightens on Vito Mannone
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
In brief
- Squad Gonzalo Pastor finally opens his account
- Squad Francisco Ramos asks for a word with the manager
- Boardroom Pacos de Ferreira spend it where nobody looks