Skip Bandele

Skip Bandele escaped to the Algarve almost 25 years ago and has been with the Algarve Resident since 2003. His writing reflects views and opinions formed while living in Africa, Germany and England as well as Portugal.

Portimonense: shaping up

Portimonense, and Portuguese professional football in general, is eagerly awaiting the determinations made by Thursday’s council of ministers meeting due to map out a return to relative normality. The indications

April 29, 2020by Skip BandeleIn ,

Portimonense: route back?

Ahead of next Thursday’s (April 30) cabinet meeting to decide the next steps to be taken vis-à-vis the containment of the Covid-19 crisis, prime minister António Costa has indicated that

April 22, 2020by Skip BandeleIn ,

Love in the time of corona

“The problem in public life is learning to overcome terror; the problem in married life is learning to overcome boredom” Gabriel García Márquez Is it just me? No, for once,

April 6, 2020by Skip BandeleIn

Portimonense: full time

After initially announcing its intention to continue behind closed doors a week ago, the Portuguese FA quickly fell in line with the rest of Europe 24 hours later and suspended

March 17, 2020by Skip BandeleIn ,