Algarve football round-up: Spanish eyes
Farense’s rebuilt starting eleven for the new season will have a distinctive Spanish feel to it after 25-year-old ex-Espanyol, Tenerife and Burgos forward Alex Bermejo arrived in the Algarve capital
Algarve football round-up: New faces
Farense have been busy planning for the season ahead with two new signings. Brazilian 21-year-old goalkeeper Kaique has put pen to paper on a one-year loan deal from Palmeiras, while
Algarve football round-up: Comings and goings
There is still a chance of Portimonense being reinstated by the end of this month Following last week’s dramatic news of the hasty departure of Portimonense manager Paulo Sérgio after
Algarve football round-up: Not good enough
Relegation play-off second leg: AVS SAD 2-1(4-2) Portimonense Portimonense will now drop into the ultra-competitive SABSEG second division Last Sunday evening, Portimonense ended their latest seven-year presence in Portugal’s topflight
Algarve football round-up: Home ‘sickness’
Relegation play-off first leg: Portimonense 1-2 AVS SAD Last Saturday evening, Portimonense reverted to their by-now-customary shortcomings of poor finishing and momentary lapses of concentration in front of their own
Algarve football round-up: Fighting chance
LIGA PORTUGAL BETCLIC Farense 1-3 Portimonense Boavista 2-2 Vizela Estrela Amadora 1-0 Gil Vicente Last Saturday afternoon, valiant Portimonense suffered last-minute heartbreak as a late injury-time Boavista equaliser at the
Algarve football round-up: Derby fever
Liga Portugal Betclic: Portimonense 2-2 Rio Ave Gil Vicente 2-0 Farense Last Saturday afternoon, Portimonense let slip the last opportunity to determine their own immediate future by failing to beat
Football round-up: Kingmakers!
Liga Portugal Betclic: Sporting 3-0 Portimonense Farense 3-2 Estoril Last Saturday evening, newly-crowned champions Sporting easily dismissed Portimonense’s token resistance to bring a relegation play-off scenario ever closer for the
Algarve football round-up: Ups and downs
Liga Portugal Betclic: Portimonense 0-2 Moreirense Estrela Amadora 0-3 Farense Last Sunday afternoon, Portimonense were left cursing their luck following an, in several respects, unfortunate home defeat to last season’s
Algarve football round-up: Heads up
Liga Portugal Betclic: Famalicão 2-2 Portimonense Farense 1-3 Benfica Last Sunday afternoon, Portimonense failed to take advantage of a golden opportunity to escape the third-from-bottom relegation play-off place with four