The Maranhão Herald
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Márcio Lima is out at Maranhão
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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
A stranger takes charge at Maranhão
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 minds the shop at Maranhão
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Interim Coach recited it perfectly.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Maranhão
Juan Torres 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 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Maranhão
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 Apr 2029
A row about effort at Maranhão
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matías Arredondo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market16 Apr 2029
Cristiano Nogueira steps up from the Maranhão academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cristiano Nogueira 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: Narigudo joins the Maranhão first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Narigudo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Pantera joins the Maranhão first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pantera 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 Renato Peixoto steps up from the Maranhão academy
- Squad João Barbosa out for 33 days
- Squad Maranhão lose Fernando Neves