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Uneasy
Market30 Apr 2029
“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.
Boardroom30 Apr 2029
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Casa Pia
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad30 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Pedro Rosas
“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.
Khaly Khaly asks to leave Casa Pia
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Uneasy
Market23 Apr 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market23 Apr 2029
“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.
Squad23 Apr 2029
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Market16 Apr 2029
“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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Bruno Wilson
“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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
41 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Match9 Apr 2029
Casa Pia are in real trouble nowPosition 17, 20 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market9 Apr 2029
“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 Apr 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Roderick Miranda and Casa Pia agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Crisis
Match31 Mar 2029
Chastening afternoon for Casa Pia
A 1-5 beating by Gil Vicente was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market2 Apr 2029
“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.
Boardroom2 Apr 2029
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Casa Pia
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Khaly Khaly asks to leave Casa Pia
Match31 Mar 2029
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad2 Apr 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad2 Apr 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Roderick Miranda commits to Casa Pia for another 2 years.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Abdu Conté gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom2 Apr 2029
Nobody left the Casa Pia dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Beaten 5 times, with 1 saves for company. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines on their record whoever actually caused them, which is the quiet injustice of the job.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Mar 2029
Miguel Patrício : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad26 Mar 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market26 Mar 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market26 Mar 2029
“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.
Match24 Mar 2029
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Match24 Mar 2029
A 1-1 draw with Braga leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Crisis
Squad19 Mar 2029
Bruno Wilson : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market19 Mar 2029
“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.
Match17 Mar 2029
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Match17 Mar 2029
0-1 to Vitoria Guimaraes , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad19 Mar 2029
6 goals and a season average of 7.27. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad19 Mar 2029
The manager makes an example of Kaito Verheyden
“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.
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Uneasy
Match12 Mar 2029
Casa Pia sink to position 1719 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad12 Mar 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market12 Mar 2029
“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.
Squad12 Mar 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Giovan Errichiello and Casa Pia agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Mar 2029
10 goals and a season average of 7.35. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Ivan Zlobin gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Market5 Mar 2029
“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.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Casa Pia
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Brando Mazzeo : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Khaly Khaly asks to leave Casa Pia
Squad5 Mar 2029
The manager makes an example of Bruno Wilson
“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.
Squad5 Mar 2029
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Casa Pia pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad5 Mar 2029
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 42 with 128 appearances behind him, and Casa Pia have to plan for both answers.
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Crisis
Market26 Feb 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Sieb Jongens : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match24 Feb 2029
Beaten 2-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Feb 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market19 Feb 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Squad19 Feb 2029
The manager makes an example of Ricardo Batista
“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.
Pedro Amaral Pedro Amaral says Casa Pia went back on their word
Match17 Feb 2029
Three points for Casa Pia , 1-0 the final word against Santa Clara in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad19 Feb 2029
A season average of 7.25 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Abdu Conté asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Match12 Feb 2029
Casa Pia are in real trouble nowPosition 17, 14 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market12 Feb 2029
“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.
Match10 Feb 2029
2-3 to Maritimo , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Feb 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match3 Feb 2029
3-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market5 Feb 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Ivan Zlobin Ivan Zlobin keeps Casa Pia in it on his own
Squad5 Feb 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad5 Feb 2029
The manager makes an example of Bruno Wilson
“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.
Squad5 Feb 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Diogo Pereira commits to Casa Pia for another 4 years.
The terraces5 Feb 2029
Everybody has an opinion about Ivan Zlobin
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Market5 Feb 2029
Window shut, Khaly still here
Casa Pia spent the window trying to move Khaly on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
Market5 Feb 2029
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Tom Auvré may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
Boardroom
Casa Pia keep producing them
The terraces
The press have found their man in Khaly
The terraces
The stand has a song for Kélian Nsona
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Crisis
Match27 Jan 2029
10 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Match27 Jan 2029
Beaten 1-5 by Benfica , and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Bruno Pinto : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Bruno Pinto Bruno Pinto: that is not what I was promised
Squad29 Jan 2029
The manager makes an example of Khaly
“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.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Bruno Wilson left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Bruno Wilson will call it something else in private.
Boardroom29 Jan 2029
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
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Crisis
Match20 Jan 2029
2-5 to Sporting CP , and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Match20 Jan 2029
9 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Squad22 Jan 2029
A one-man rearguard from Ivan Zlobin
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market22 Jan 2029
“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.
Squad22 Jan 2029
The manager makes an example of David Sousa
“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.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Kélian Nsona is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.23 with 8 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
Nobody left the Casa Pia dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad22 Jan 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tom Auvré commits to Casa Pia for another 3 years.
The terraces22 Jan 2029
Everybody has an opinion about Fahem Benaïssa
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
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Crisis
Squad15 Jan 2029
A one-man rearguard from Ivan Zlobin
There were 14 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match15 Jan 2029
Casa Pia sink to position 1711 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match10 Jan 2029
Sporting CP ended it 2-3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Match13 Jan 2029
8 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Market15 Jan 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad15 Jan 2029
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match13 Jan 2029
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad15 Jan 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kitt Nelson commits to Casa Pia for another 3 years.
Squad15 Jan 2029
5 goals and a season average of 7.27. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
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Crisis
Market8 Jan 2029
Braga come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Casa Pia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match6 Jan 2029
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Market8 Jan 2029
Benfica pay $4.2M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Khaly Braga come back empty-handed
Market8 Jan 2029
The paperwork is done: Ivan Zlobin joins from Famalicao in a deal worth $1.9M. Now comes the harder part.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Kaito Verheyden : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market8 Jan 2029
The name of Lawrence Ofori has come up in conversations Casa Pia were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match6 Jan 2029
Estoril Praia left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Abdu Conté gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Kélian Nsona is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.20 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Crisis
Match30 Dec 2028
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Bruno Wilson gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match30 Dec 2028
A bad afternoon for Casa Pia against Vizela
0-1 to Vizela , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Crisis
Squad25 Dec 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match23 Dec 2028
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Match23 Dec 2028
Beaten 1-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Uneasy
Match18 Dec 2028
Casa Pia sink to position 1711 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market18 Dec 2028
“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.
Market18 Dec 2028
Endika has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Casa Pia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match16 Dec 2028
It finished 3-3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad18 Dec 2028
Pedro Rosas gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad18 Dec 2028
Fahem Benaïssa asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Market11 Dec 2028
Kevin Prieto hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Dec 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market11 Dec 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match9 Dec 2028
Beaten 2-4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Abdu Conté gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad11 Dec 2028
5 goals and a season average of 7.30. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
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Uneasy
Squad4 Dec 2028
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad4 Dec 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad4 Dec 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gonçalo Maia commits to Casa Pia for another 4 years.
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Steady
Squad27 Nov 2028
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match25 Nov 2028
A 1-0 win over Braga , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad27 Nov 2028
7 goals and a season average of 7.21. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad27 Nov 2028
The manager makes an example of Joey Houweling
“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.
Squad27 Nov 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces27 Nov 2028
Everybody has an opinion about Ricardo Batista
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
In brief
Boardroom
Casa Pia were not finished after all
The terraces
The press have found their man in Kélian Nsona
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad20 Nov 2028
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match15 Nov 2028
Cup progress for Casa Pia
A 1-1 win over Porto , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match20 Nov 2028
Casa Pia are in real trouble nowPosition 17, 6 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad20 Nov 2028
Batata says Casa Pia went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market20 Nov 2028
Endika has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Casa Pia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match18 Nov 2028
Vitoria Guimaraes left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Steady
Match11 Nov 2028
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3-0 against Pacos de Ferreira , and it could have been more.
Market13 Nov 2028
Brando Mazzeo hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Market13 Nov 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad13 Nov 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Korede Osundina and Casa Pia agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad13 Nov 2028
The manager makes an example of Carraça
“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.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Abdu Conté asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad13 Nov 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
The terraces13 Nov 2028
Everybody has an opinion about Carraça
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Boardroom13 Nov 2028
Casa Pia keep producing them15 graduates from an academy now rated 9 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
In brief
The terraces
The press have found their man in Khaly
The terraces
The stand has a song for Khaly
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Crisis
Squad6 Nov 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match4 Nov 2028
Chastening afternoon for Casa Pia
A 3-7 beating by Famalicao was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad6 Nov 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bruno Wilson and Casa Pia agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad6 Nov 2028
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom6 Nov 2028
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Market6 Nov 2028
He is 20, and nobody at Casa Pia signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
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Crisis
Match28 Oct 2028
Portimonense left with the points after a 2-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad30 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Bruno Wilson
“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.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Fahem Benaïssa knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Match23 Oct 2028
Casa Pia are in real trouble nowPosition 18, 3 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market23 Oct 2028
Endika has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Casa Pia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match21 Oct 2028
Three points for Casa Pia , 4-2 the final word against Santa Clara in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Endika Endika has one foot out of the door
Squad23 Oct 2028
Pedro Rosas gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Bruno Wilson asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad23 Oct 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Crisis
Match14 Oct 2028
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad16 Oct 2028
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market16 Oct 2028
Kevin Prieto hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Market16 Oct 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Abdu Conté gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match14 Oct 2028
Maritimo left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Crisis
Match7 Oct 2028
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad9 Oct 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ricardo Batista commits to Casa Pia for another 2 years.
Match7 Oct 2028
Chaves left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad9 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Pedro Amaral
“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.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Carraça asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad9 Oct 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Casa Pia have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Crisis
Squad2 Oct 2028
There were 11 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match30 Sep 2028
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
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Crisis
Match23 Sep 2028
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Market25 Sep 2028
Endika has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Casa Pia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad25 Sep 2028
The medical room confirms 37 days on the sidelines for Roderick Miranda , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Endika Endika has one foot out of the door
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Crisis
Match16 Sep 2028
0-3 to Rio Ave , and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Match16 Sep 2028
8 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Squad18 Sep 2028
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market18 Sep 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Abdu Conté gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom18 Sep 2028
Nobody left the Casa Pia dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
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Crisis
Squad11 Sep 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match9 Sep 2028
7 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Korede Osundina : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match9 Sep 2028
1-2 to Estoril Praia , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad11 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Kaito Verheyden
“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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Fahem Benaïssa knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Squad4 Sep 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Roderick Miranda : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match2 Sep 2028
6 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Match2 Sep 2028
Vizela left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad4 Sep 2028
36 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The captaincy has been taken off Bruno Wilson . Casa Pia will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
In brief
Market
The Khaly talk will not go away
Market
The window shut and Khaly is still in the building
Market
Casa Pia put Logan Pye up for sale
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Crisis
Squad28 Aug 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match26 Aug 2028
5 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Market28 Aug 2028
Endika is on his wayThe clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
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Crisis
Squad21 Aug 2028
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market21 Aug 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market21 Aug 2028
Philipp Schulz has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Casa Pia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match19 Aug 2028
4 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Match19 Aug 2028
Beaten 2-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad21 Aug 2028
“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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Abdu Conté knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad21 Aug 2028
At 21 years old, Sieb Jongens became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
The terraces21 Aug 2028
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
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Boardroom
The Casa Pia production line keeps running
The terraces
The press have found their man in Korede Osundina
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Crisis
Match12 Aug 2028
0-5 to Porto , and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Lawrence Ofori : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market14 Aug 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market14 Aug 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market14 Aug 2028
The shirt still fits. Jose Miranda is back at Casa Pia , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market14 Aug 2028
The shirt still fits. Samuel Lopes is back at Casa Pia , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Abdu Conté gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom14 Aug 2028
A promise the Casa Pia board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
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Uneasy
Market7 Aug 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad7 Aug 2028
The medical room confirms 67 days on the sidelines for Farès Bousnina , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad7 Aug 2028
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Khaly knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market7 Aug 2028
Experience through the door at Casa Pia
Roderick Miranda arrives at 37 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Pedro Amaral has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Pedro Amaral keeps the shirt for now, at Casa Pia 's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Market31 Jul 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad31 Jul 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Pedro Borges and Casa Pia agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Khaly asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market24 Jul 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market24 Jul 2028
Philipp Schulz has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Casa Pia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Kevin Prieto asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Khaly Casa Pia turn down Braga for Khaly
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Uneasy
Squad17 Jul 2028
Gonçalo Maia knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
The Casa Pia production line keeps running
10 graduates out of an academy now rated 9 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.
Squad17 Jul 2028
The manager comes out for Khaly
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Khaly has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad10 Jul 2028
100 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad10 Jul 2028
The medical room confirms 45 days on the sidelines for Diogo Pereira , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Farès Bousnina knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market3 Jul 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Market3 Jul 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad3 Jul 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Abdu Conté gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Somebody is after Kélian Nsona ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Kélian Nsona suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Casa Pia have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Pedro Rosas knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market26 Jun 2028
Khaly hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Abdu Conté knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market26 Jun 2028
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Casa Pia money.
Khaly Khaly hands in a written request
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Uneasy
Squad19 Jun 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Miguel Neves and Casa Pia agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad19 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Lawrence Ofori
“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.
Market19 Jun 2028
Khaly placed on the listCasa Pia have made Khaly available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Squad
Khaly asks for a word with the manager
Boardroom
The Casa Pia production line keeps running
Squad
Joey Houweling is starting to look at home
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Uneasy
Market12 Jun 2028
The paperwork is done: Joey Houweling joins from Gil Vicente in a deal worth $280.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad12 Jun 2028
130 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gonçalo Maia commits to Casa Pia for another 4 years.
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Uneasy
Market5 Jun 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market5 Jun 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market5 Jun 2028
The shirt still fits. Batata is back at Casa Pia , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Khaly Casa Pia turn down Benfica for Khaly
Market5 Jun 2028
Khaly told to find a new club“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Khaly has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Casa Pia .
Squad5 Jun 2028
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Kevin Prieto knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
The terraces
Supporters make their feelings known about Khaly
Squad
Giovan Errichiello has company in his position
Squad
Endika is not saying it is over
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Steady
Squad29 May 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad29 May 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Harry Moran commits to Casa Pia for another 5 years.
Market29 May 2028
2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Casa Pia could get for him.
Gonçalo Maia Gonçalo Maia says Casa Pia went back on their word
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Steady
Market22 May 2028
He is 19, and nobody at Casa Pia signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad22 May 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Harry Moran and Casa Pia agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad22 May 2028
Bruno Wilson has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Bruno Wilson keeps the shirt for now, at Casa Pia 's convenience rather than his own.
In brief
Squad
Farès Bousnina asks for a word with the manager
Boardroom
The Casa Pia production line keeps running
Squad
The manager comes out for Khaly
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Steady
Squad15 May 2028
At 21, Dânio Djassi is already the best thing here
An average of 7.17 in a first team he is several years too young for. Casa Pia have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad15 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Abdu Conté
“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.
Squad15 May 2028
Ricardo Batista asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Dânio Djassi At 21, Dânio Djassi is already the best thing here
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Steady
Squad8 May 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market8 May 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad8 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Pedro Rosas
“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.
Abdu Conté Abdu Conté says Casa Pia went back on their word
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Steady
Squad1 May 2028
Khaly knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad1 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Endika
“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.
Market1 May 2028
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Casa Pia money.
Khaly Khaly knocks on the manager's door
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Steady
Squad24 Apr 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Khaly asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Boardroom24 Apr 2028
The Casa Pia production line keeps running
10 graduates out of an academy now rated 9 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.
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Steady
Squad17 Apr 2028
At 21, Dânio Djassi is already the best thing here
An average of 7.17 in a first team he is several years too young for. Casa Pia have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad17 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Khaly
“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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Cassiano knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Dânio Djassi At 21, Dânio Djassi is already the best thing here
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Steady
Market10 Apr 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad10 Apr 2028
19 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad10 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Pedro Rosas
“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.
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Crisis
Match1 Apr 2028
0-4 to Gil Vicente , and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Khaly : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad3 Apr 2028
David Sousa gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Khaly Khaly: that is not what I was promised
Boardroom3 Apr 2028
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad3 Apr 2028
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad3 Apr 2028
The armband comes off Abdu Conté
Casa Pia will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
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Steady
Match25 Mar 2028
A bad afternoon for Casa Pia against Braga
4-6 to Braga , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad27 Mar 2028
A season average of 7.37 with 11 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Pedro Amaral gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Upbeat
Match18 Mar 2028
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Casa Pia did not have in the autumn.
Squad20 Mar 2028
A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Casa Pia know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad20 Mar 2028
A season average of 7.31 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Steady
Squad13 Mar 2028
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market13 Mar 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match11 Mar 2028
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Casa Pia did not have in the autumn.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Abdu Conté left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Abdu Conté will call it something else in private.
Squad13 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Korede Osundina
“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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
A season average of 7.27 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Steady
Squad6 Mar 2028
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match4 Mar 2028
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Casa Pia did not have in the autumn.
Squad6 Mar 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” David Sousa commits to Casa Pia for another 4 years.
Match4 Mar 2028
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad6 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Farès Bousnina
“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.
Squad6 Mar 2028
A season average of 7.23 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Upbeat
Match26 Feb 2028
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Casa Pia did not have in the autumn.
Match26 Feb 2028
Portimonense made Casa Pia work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad28 Feb 2028
9 goals and a season average of 7.26. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad28 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Gonçalo Maia
“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.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Cassiano asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The terraces28 Feb 2028
The press cannot get enough of Franjo Ivanović
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Upbeat
Match19 Feb 2028
3-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad21 Feb 2028
A season average of 7.18 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Casa Pia know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Match19 Feb 2028
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Casa Pia did not have in the autumn.
Squad21 Feb 2028
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad21 Feb 2028
8 goals and a season average of 7.22. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
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Steady
Market14 Feb 2028
Kevin Prieto hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Feb 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Pedro Rosas commits to Casa Pia for another 3 years.
Market14 Feb 2028
He is 18, and nobody at Casa Pia signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market14 Feb 2028
Gabriel Proleta is 20, and Casa Pia have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Match12 Feb 2028
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad14 Feb 2028
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Squad7 Feb 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matthias Köbbing commits to Casa Pia for another 3 years.
Squad7 Feb 2028
“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.
Match5 Feb 2028
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Carraça left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Carraça will call it something else in private.
Squad7 Feb 2028
3 goals and a season average of 7.22. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Market7 Feb 2028
A season-long audition: Porto still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Casa Pia 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
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Steady
Squad31 Jan 2028
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match29 Jan 2028
Three points for Casa Pia , 1-0 the final word against Benfica in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad31 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Ricardo Batista
“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.
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Steady
Market24 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
A season average of 7.08 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Casa Pia know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad24 Jan 2028
David Sousa gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Carraça Carraça asks to leave Casa Pia
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Steady
Match12 Jan 2028
The cup run ends for Casa Pia
4-6 against Benfica , and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad17 Jan 2028
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad17 Jan 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market17 Jan 2028
The shirt still fits. Samuel Sousa is back at Casa Pia , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Match15 Jan 2028
A 2-1 win over Rio Ave , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Cassiano gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Bruno Wilson finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Casa Pia have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
The terraces17 Jan 2028
Everybody has an opinion about Fahem Benaïssa
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Market17 Jan 2028
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Samuel Sousa leaves Casa Pia the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Uneasy
Match10 Jan 2028
Casa Pia sink to position 1618 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Sebastián Pérez : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad10 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Abdu Conté
“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.
Match8 Jan 2028
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad10 Jan 2028
David Sousa has to sit this one outA booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. Casa Pia lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Carraça asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market3 Jan 2028
“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.
Market3 Jan 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market3 Jan 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Casa Pia have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad3 Jan 2028
18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market3 Jan 2028
Carraça told to find a new club“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Carraça has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Casa Pia .
Squad3 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Philipp Schulz
“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.
Match1 Jan 2028
A 1-1 draw with Vizela leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Abdu Conté knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces3 Jan 2028
Supporters make their feelings known about Lawrence Ofori
The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Casa Pia would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.
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Uneasy
Squad27 Dec 2027
At 21, Dânio Djassi is already the best thing here
An average of 7.06 in a first team he is several years too young for. Casa Pia have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Match25 Dec 2027
A 1-0 win over Boavista , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad27 Dec 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Dânio Djassi At 21, Dânio Djassi is already the best thing here
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Crisis
Match18 Dec 2027
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Match18 Dec 2027
A bad afternoon for Casa Pia against Arouca
2-3 to Arouca , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad20 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Cassiano
“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.
Cassiano The manager makes an example of Cassiano
Squad20 Dec 2027
David Sousa asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad20 Dec 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad20 Dec 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Crisis
Match13 Dec 2027
Casa Pia sink to position 1613 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match11 Dec 2027
No end in sight to Casa Pia 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Casa Pia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad13 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of David Sousa
“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.
David Sousa The manager makes an example of David Sousa
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Crisis
Match4 Dec 2027
Gil Vicente left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Endika out for 49 daysThe medical room confirms 49 days on the sidelines for Endika , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad6 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Abdu Conté
“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.
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Crisis
Match27 Nov 2027
A bad afternoon for Casa Pia against Braga
0-1 to Braga , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad29 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Kevin Prieto
“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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
A season average of 7.20 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Crisis
Match20 Nov 2027
Vitoria Guimaraes left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad22 Nov 2027
“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.
Market22 Nov 2027
Brando Mazzeo is 20, and Casa Pia have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Bruno Wilson asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Cassiano has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Cassiano keeps the shirt for now, at Casa Pia 's convenience rather than his own.
The terraces22 Nov 2027
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
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Steady
Match10 Nov 2027
Cup progress for Casa Pia
A 2-1 win over Vitoria Guimaraes , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad15 Nov 2027
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match13 Nov 2027
A 2-1 win over Pacos de Ferreira , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Cassiano asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The terraces15 Nov 2027
The spotlight tightens on Cassiano
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
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Crisis
Squad8 Nov 2027
There were 12 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match6 Nov 2027
4 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Nov 2027
80 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Crisis
Squad1 Nov 2027
Gustavo Fonte : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match30 Oct 2027
0-1 to Portimonense , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Lawrence Ofori
“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.
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Crisis
Match23 Oct 2027
0-2 to Santa Clara , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Lawrence Ofori asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad18 Oct 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Carraça
“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.
Match16 Oct 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Uneasy
Squad11 Oct 2027
110 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match9 Oct 2027
Three points for Casa Pia , 1-0 the final word against Chaves in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Abdu Conté
“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.
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Uneasy
Market4 Oct 2027
Kevin Prieto hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match2 Oct 2027
5 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Carraça and Casa Pia agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Bruno Wilson
“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.
Match2 Oct 2027
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Market4 Oct 2027
Casa Pia bring in an old headRoger Rolland is 33 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Market4 Oct 2027
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: André Geraldes moves on to Vitoria Guimaraes with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
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Crisis
Squad27 Sep 2027
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match25 Sep 2027
4 matches without a win for Casa Pia
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Casa Pia are no longer polite ones.
Match25 Sep 2027
Sporting CP left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Crisis
Squad20 Sep 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 77 days on the sidelines for André Geraldes , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Cassiano gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Mohamed Kaba Mohamed Kaba says Casa Pia went back on their word
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Steady
Squad13 Sep 2027
Dânio Djassi : 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.” Casa Pia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market13 Sep 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad13 Sep 2027
50 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad13 Sep 2027
David Sousa gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match11 Sep 2027
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad13 Sep 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Casa Pia have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Crisis
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Franjo Ivanović
“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.
Match4 Sep 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Lawrence Ofori knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Market30 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Pedro Amaral
“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.
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Crisis
Match21 Aug 2027
Chastening afternoon for Casa Pia
A 0-5 beating by Arouca was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kélian Nsona commits to Casa Pia for another 4 years.
Squad23 Aug 2027
110 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Lawrence Ofori
“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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Nobody left the Casa Pia dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Aug 2027
There were 13 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market16 Aug 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market16 Aug 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market16 Aug 2027
The shirt still fits. Bernardo Mendes is back at Casa Pia , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market16 Aug 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad16 Aug 2027
82 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 2846. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Carraça gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match14 Aug 2027
Casa Pia and Porto cancel each other outNil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Porto came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Aug 2027
Cassiano signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Cassiano commits to Casa Pia for another 2 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of David Sousa
“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.
Market9 Aug 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sebastián Pérez has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Casa Pia .
Squad9 Aug 2027
Carraça knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market9 Aug 2027
Endika placed on the listCasa Pia have made Endika available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market9 Aug 2027
No fee and no drama: Pedro Borges has signed at Casa Pia , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
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Uneasy
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Casa Pia
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Cassiano , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Cassiano and Casa Pia agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Uneasy
Market26 Jul 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad26 Jul 2027
140 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market26 Jul 2027
Picerno are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Casa Pia will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Uneasy
Market19 Jul 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 113 days on the sidelines for Kitt Nelson , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market19 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Casa Pia have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Kélian Nsona knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Casa Pia , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Cassiano has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Cassiano keeps the shirt for now, at Casa Pia 's convenience rather than his own.
Market19 Jul 2027
A season-long audition: Gil Vicente still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Casa Pia 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Lawrence Ofori
“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 Jul 2027
Kélian Nsona asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Somebody is after Kélian Nsona ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Kélian Nsona suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Casa Pia have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Casa Pia
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market5 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
64 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market5 Jul 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Casa Pia will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market5 Jul 2027
Cassiano runs his contract down1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Casa Pia money.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Fahem Benaïssa asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market28 Jun 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market28 Jun 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Casa Pia can pretend not to have heard.
Market28 Jun 2027
Khaly attracts admirersThe name of Khaly has come up in conversations Casa Pia were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
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Uneasy
Market21 Jun 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market21 Jun 2027
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Casa Pia money.
Market21 Jun 2027
Casa Pia have made Lawrence Ofori available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Carraça asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Cassiano has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Cassiano keeps the shirt for now, at Casa Pia 's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Market14 Jun 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Casa Pia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market14 Jun 2027
Kaíque Rocha has left for Estoril Praia in a $1.7M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad14 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of David Sousa
“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.
Market14 Jun 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market14 Jun 2027
André Geraldes is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Casa Pia has been clear about where André Geraldes stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Sebastián Pérez asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Jun 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Casa Pia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Casa Pia
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad7 Jun 2027
98 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market7 Jun 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Lawrence Ofori has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Casa Pia .
Squad7 Jun 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market7 Jun 2027
Estoril Praia are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Casa Pia will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.