LOI In Europe 2025

[ger121]

Santa Clara lost again today in the Portuguese league. This time at home. They haven’t played any of the big boys yet either.

Nice pitch but not much of a crowd. Highlights here.

https://youtu.be/26Wd6jxvyR4?si=uKTMjoYUty8as6mv

[sbgawa]

Santa Clara lost again today in the Portuguese league. This time at home. They haven’t played any of the big boys yet either.

Nice pitch but not much of a crowd. Highlights here.

https://youtu.be/26Wd6jxvyR4?si=uKTMjoYUty8as6mv

I checked online 1695 was the official attendance so they must have been sitting on the camara side.
Last year average attendance was 3267 which is kind of incredible considering theyn finished 5th in the Portugeese league .
Population of the Azores is 250k approx with 140,000 on the main island...interesting stuff for nerds like me

The club is owned by a Brazilian businessman hence the 17!! Brazilians playing for them....soft route into the mega money European leagues maybe...

4008 turned up for the Larne match.

[dundalkfc10]

I checked online 1695 was the official attendance so they must have been sitting on the camara side.
Last year average attendance was 3267 which is kind of incredible considering theyn finished 5th in the Portugeese league .
Population of the Azores is 250k approx with 140,000 on the main island...interesting stuff for nerds like me

The club is owned by a Brazilian businessman hence the 17!! Brazilians playing for them....soft route into the mega money European leagues maybe...

4008 turned up for the Larne match.

I know they are not in the mainland alright but there's a team in Portmaio, not far from Albuefria who have been in prem division a few times over last decade.
They get 4-5,000 for matches apart from against the big 3 when sometimes they even play the home games in the big stadium in Faro to increase revenue.

I have been to a few games as go to a village nearby on holidays regularly, and the locals all support Sporting, Benfica or Porto

I wonder if it's similar to most of Scotland supporting Celtic or Rangers only on a bigger level as some Scottish teams get excellent crowds for size area

[EatYerGreens]

I wonder if it's similar to most of Scotland supporting Celtic or Rangers only on a bigger level as some Scottish teams get excellent crowds for size area

Most countries with a few very strong teams have high support for them in lots of places. Just look at all the ManUre and Liverpool fans in the English Home Counties. The Portuguese islands (Azores, Madeira) have traditionally not had much success clubs-wise, so not unexpectedly people there have tended to suport the large mainland clubs instead. I've a few Portugues friends from uni and even the ones brought up in Porto support Benfica or Sporting because they got the support from their families who moved to the city from elsewhere (including Mozambique)

[yurt]

Will be hoping that Crvena Zvezda can get over the line and qualify for the champions league and then with the harder fixtures struggle to pick up any points in the league phase. They are due to lose a huge co-efficient haul from 5 years ago and there's a decent chance we could be ranked ahead of Serbia at the end of next season if Rovers to the business in the champions route.

Such a strange fixture for Shels on Thursday. Having to do it all again. All the build up to first tie was all about how the first round is make or break because of the route and safety nets the winner would be afforded. Now a month later both clubs have both ended up right back in the same place so it's ended up meaning very little in the end.

Shels were miles better technically and physically than Linfield first time around. They only way they'll lose this tie is in their heads.

I'd say the gap for Shels to Rijeka is maybe just a tiny bit smaller than Linfield to Shels.