One is attempting to guide a rebuild of Manchester United, the opposite is pushing for promotion from the ninth-tier Southern Mixture League.
Whereas Bruno Fernandes, 30, leads United out at on the 75,000-capacity Outdated Trafford, often called the ‘Theatre of Goals’, his older brother Ricardo plies his commerce 240 miles away in West Sussex at a floor nicknamed the ‘Theatre of Timber’.
Roffey FC’s house in Horsham had a mean attendance of 133 final season and bought its nickname as a result of it’s surrounded by bushes.
The Fernandes brothers might play at reverse ends of English soccer’s pyramid however they’re extra related than you’ll assume.
They put on the quantity eight, play in central midfield, have each captained their membership and rating spectacular targets.
“He noticed it, it unfold on the web, it was nice for me,” recollects Ricardo whose strike in opposition to Seaford City in a 2-0 victory in April 2024, nonetheless will get shared often on social media.
“The best way we move the ball, our type of play is analogous. He is on the ‘Theatre of Goals’ at Outdated Trafford, I am on the ‘Theatre of Timber’ at Roffey.”
“Rising up, the dream was that each of us can be skilled, he is made it and I am happy I can get pleasure from it alongside him as properly.”
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