1.2 The Rise and Fall of Bruno de Carvalho - The Only way is up
In part one of the Rise and Fall of Bruno de Carvalho we learned how the Mozambique born, great nephew of a former Portuguese Prime Minister left the country of his birth aged four bound for Lisboa with his family at the time of the countries independence. It is said, although how true it really is only he would know, that as a child he declared his intention to one day become club president of Sporting Clube de Portugal. In 2009 de Carvalho was one of those responsible for reactivating the clubs roller hockey team and would then go on to become the divisions vice-president. In February of 2011 he ran to fulfil his alleged childhood dream of becoming club president but lost the election by 360 votes to Luís Filipe Fernandes David Godinho Lopes. At a time of crisis during the 2012/13 season, club members André Patrão and Miguel Paím managed to get the General Assembly to call a meeting in a bid to oust the board. Despite Lopes best attempts to dissuade them from their action, he would e...
