The Treze Courier
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Treze
Gustavo 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Treze
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dione was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market12 Oct 2026
Treze promote Diego Carvalho from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Diego Carvalho 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
Fera steps up from the Treze academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fera 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Max
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Oct 2026
William Barbio named player of the week
One weekend, judged against everybody else's. William Barbio has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Alex Álvarez question follows Treze around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Alex Álvarez’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Alexandre Tam has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Alexandre Tam has written the date down.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The penny has dropped for Patric
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Treze the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
In brief
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Sousa
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Da Conceição