I normally like to summarise the season just gone within the last post of the season, but this time around the finale to Primeira Liga was too frantic for that!
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 15 – Season 3 Reflection
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 14 – Bizarre Title Battle
Sporting Lisbon's chances of a third straight Primeira Liga title looked unlikely going into the last few months of the season. Despite being only three points behind off the top of the league we faced a tough task toppling the unbeaten FC Porto.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 13 – Batalha Blinder
Sporting moved into 2022 on a good run of form but trailing the even more impressive SL Benfica and unbeaten FC Porto.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 13 – Top of the Table Lisboa Derby
Sporting Lisbon headed into November 2021 on the back of five straight wins and with key players and young starlets hitting a real purple patch of form.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 12 – Impressive Meneses
Two games into Primeira Liga season three and we'd started well with two wins, including an impressive 4-0 defeat of Vitória de Setubal. But that promising start was soon to hit a bit of a bump.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 10 – Another Tight Title Battle
Despite being 12 points clear in January, Sporting Lisbon somehow suffered a dip in form that took the Primeira Liga title race to the final day for the second successive season.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 8 – Youngsters Step Up
Winter has set in and we're pushing on towards warmer weather in Portugal, but Sporting Lisbon remain the team to beat as we head into the second half of the campaign.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 5 – Title Battle Goes To The Wire
Sporting Lisbon's attempt at a first Liga NOS title since 2002 boiled down to the last two games of the season after the big six matches featured in Part 4 left them 5 points clear of FC Porto.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 4 – Six Season-Defining Matches
Sporting Lisbon's unexpected assault on the Liga NOS title boiled down to six season-defining matches against teams around us at the top of the league.
The Journeyman | Saving Sporting: Part 3 – The Rebuild Begins
We've begun putting our stamp on Sporting Lisbon by selling off several of the club's older, non-essential players during the first January transfer window. But it's not affected Sporting's fine form in our first campaign.
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