The Capital Herald
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
André Martins is out at Capital
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Squad16 Apr 2029
A fracture rules Hélder Ribeiro out for 59 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Capital will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
A stranger takes charge at Capital
The coaching staff has emptied out entirely and there was nobody internal to promote, so the club has appointed a name almost none of its supporters will recognise. Clubs recover from this; none of them enjoy explaining it.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Interim Coach steps up at Capital for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Rato in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Capital this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Capital
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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Capital promote Rodrigo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rodrigo 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Vini steps up from the Capital academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vini 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 Apr 2029
One of our own: Wesley Queiroz joins the Capital first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Wesley Queiroz 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 Antônio Correia steps up from the Capital academy
- Squad Joosep Ülper wants to go home
- The dugout Gionnotti is playing like a man with something to prove