Photo of the stadium

Usually photos of the stadium are form ground view or inside. This on is taken form the mountains behind the city by Antonio Tajuelo

No Pudo Ser - It wasn't to be

This was the quote from Tenerife B's coach. The stadium was fairly full seeing that it was the second team. I would guess about 5,000 in the stands. There was about 20 from Sporting Mahonés in the San Sebastian stand. The Tenerife fans were mostly in the Tribuna alta and baja.

The Blanqiazules and the Armada Sur fan clubs were in their places in the popular stand. There was a lot of singing and clapping to encourage the team on and in the first half they played well with a couple of shots on goal.

In the second half they seemed to tire but they played on valiently until the 92nd minute when Sporting Mahonés player Ruben scored.

Yellow cards were given to local players Julio, Omar Ramos y Rayco; as well as the visitors Sergio, Raúl Capó, Iray, Moyano y Rubén.

Anyone who has ever been to a game will have seen this man and his flag in the popular end often on the field before the game. I was great to sit near him and actually see him wave the flag.

New Season. New changes.

It has been announced this week that the Cabildo (Island Government) will be working on the seating area in The Tribuna Alta stand. There has been a great deal of upset and complaints form season ticket holders in this block. The complaints are more that they have not been informed what is going to happen that the refurbishment itself. Some of the season ticket holders have held their seats for more than 20 years and feel they have a right to know what is going to happen. The Cabildo yesterday stated that they will announce exactly their plan on Thursday

Trainer Jose Luis Oltra upheld his promise to go hang gliding if the team went up to the Primera division. He had actually promised to hang glide over Las Palmas de Gran Canaria but this was probably deemed provocative. His hang gliding exploits were over Puerto de la Cruz and below is a video taken on his flight.



The future of Iriome with be decided in the next few days the club has announced. The possible options seem to be Celta de Vigo and Huesca. Both of these are division 2a teams and will give Iriome a chance to play more.
Juanlu Hens future seems to be with the club as is Gaizka Saizar's. It will be great to see him play more having been off so long last season with injuries. Sergion Aragoneses has stated that he too would like to remain on the island and with CD Tenerife.

That's all I can find today.