The Santa Clara Sentinel
The terraces9 Oct 2028
Anger at Santa Clara spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad9 Oct 2028
32 days out for Byron Torres after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Santa Clara will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match7 Oct 2028
The wait goes on for Santa Clara
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Neneca stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
The dugout9 Oct 2028
Bruninho: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Santa Clara have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market9 Oct 2028
Tomás Prost asks to leave Santa Clara
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Santa Clara
Sidney Lima 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.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Words at Santa Clara training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. MT 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.
Match7 Oct 2028
Santa Clara come up short against Sporting CP
Sporting CP left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Market Santa Clara promote Lucas Reis from within
- Market Santa Clara promote Nuno Sousa from within
- Market One of our own: Andre Mendes joins the Santa Clara first team