The Racing Santander Courier
Match19 Aug 2028
Racing Santander make home a hard place to visit
14 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Ty Barnett 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Yeray Cabanzón 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. 5 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Mert Demirci gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Mert Demirci has just signed for Racing Santander, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words at Racing Santander training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrés Martín 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.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Racing Santander
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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Racing Santander promote Marcos Pascual from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcos Pascual 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Roberto Parra joins the Racing Santander first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Roberto Parra is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
Racing Santander promote Alberto Campos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alberto Campos 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.
In brief
- Market Racing Santander promote Miguel Blanco from within
- Boardroom Racing Santander board go back on their word
- Player ratings Íñigo Vicente runs at them all day