The Feirense Sentinel
Squad16 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Henrique Teixeira
19 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Feirense lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad16 Aug 2027
André Picornell 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 Feirense
Silas Andersen 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 Feirense
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 Aug 2027
Words at Feirense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diogo Pinto is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Ruben Borges joins the Feirense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ruben Borges is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Aug 2027
Daniel Silva steps up from the Feirense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Silva 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Joao Simoes steps up from the Feirense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joao Simoes 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Carlos Marques steps up from the Feirense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Marques 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Feirense board go back on their word
- Player ratings Pedro Amaral never got going
- Match Feirense share the spoils with Pacos de Ferreira