Title: CD Tenerife v Albacete
Location: Heliodoro Stadium, Santa Cruz
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Description: A “six pointer” as CD Tenerife try to get back into the top four play off places. Kick off at noon.
Date: 2012-02-05

Title: CD Tenerife v Sporting B
Location: Heliodoro Stadium, Santa Cruz
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Description: Back to home action after a months gap and a few inspiring displays are owed to the fans. Kick off noon.
Date: 2012-01-22

Title: CD Tenerife v Atletico Madrid B
Location: Heliodoro Stadium, Santa Cruz
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Description: Time for an improved home showing, CDT are in 3rd place in Segunda B but have been less than convincing in the last few home wins. Should still be a near 10,000 crowd and that special Santa Cruz atmosphere. Kick off at noon.
Date: 2011-12-04

Title: CD Tenerife v Celta Vigo B
Location: Heliodoro Stadium, Santa Cruz
Description: The push for promotion from Segunda B continues with crowds holding at just under 10,000. Kick off at noon.
Date: 2011-11-20

Title: CD Tenerife v Leganes
Location: Heliodoro Stadium, Santa Cruz
Description: Into November and CD Tenerife are in the promotion play off zone serving up good football and pulling in just under 10,000 fans a game, maybe more this week. Noon is still a strange time for kick off but that’s how it is in Segunda B.
Date: 2011-11-06

Title: CD Tenerife v Rayo Vallecano B
Location: Heliodoro Stadium, Santa Cruz
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Description: They may be in the third tier of Spanish football (hopefully a temporary setback) but CD Tenerife are still attracting around 10,000 a game. Be part of the special atmosphere and enjoy live football with a noon kick off.
Date: 2011-10-23

Title: CD Tenerife v Montañeros
Location: Heliodoro Stadium, Santa Cruz
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Description: It may be Segunda B but CD Tenerife are back to winning ways in front of 10,000 plus fans.Kick off at Noon
Date: 2011-10-02

Title: CD Tenerife v Coruxo
Location: Heliodoro Stadium, Santa Cruz
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Description: Even the noon start wont dampen enthusiasm at the moment with CD Tenerife top of their section of Segunda B. Good skill levels in the squad this season, after last games 9,500 crowd last weeks away win should ensure a good 10,000 plus this time.
Date: 2011-09-18

Title: CD Tenerife v Conquense
Location: Heliodoro Stadium, Santa Cruz
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Description: Can the new look CD Tenerife make it three Segunda B wins on the trot. What sort of attendance will come out for the new noon kick off, hopefully even more than the 8,200 for the opening game.
Date: 2011-09-04

Two relegations in two seasons, five coaches through the revolving door and buckets full of despair, things could surely only get better. That’s what we thought as CD Tenerife fell into Segunda B, the third tier of Spanish football but the summer brought new dramas that had the club fighting for survival.

The club debt of 30 million euros plus has long been a dark cloud hovering over Santa Cruz but the last whistle had barely sounded before news seeped out that the players hadn’t been paid for months. Players slapped in denuncias against the club, the biggest playing let downs were at the front of the queue. Segunda B wage limits and vastly reduced crowd expectations meant the club had to clear out pretty well all the players and those with time left on their contracts dug in for a war of attrition.

The most heart breaking departure was iconic striker and fans’ legend Nino. We knew it was inevitable but that didn’t make it any easier. Finally he took his scoring boots to Osasuna in La Primera. Worse was to come, the final coach David Amaral was sacked after just 10 games and the club’s insensitive handling of the home grown former captain’s departure had him also pressing for a full financial settlement. The upshot of all this was 4 million euros of contested payments to be sorted out before 1^st August or a further relegation as punishment.

Amid much crying into our Dorada the club ploughed on with plans for the new season. Pedro Cordero came in as Director of Football and started bringing in new blood. The targets were all experienced in Segunda B, horses for courses but hopefully no donkeys this time. An initial batch of 11 of the promising local reserve players were named as possible squad members and a new coach Antonio Calderon was appointed. Calderon may be from mainland Spain but the Tenerife flag was familiar to him after playing in Scotland for Airdrie and Kilmarnock before moving combining playing with a first manager’s job at Raith Rovers.

Gradually most of the rebel players were sorted out with a mix of compromise and sacrifice and popular old guard players Sicilia, Aragoneses and Luna took a sizeable pay cut to stay with Tenerife. Much juggling of promises and fishing down the back of the sofa enabled the club to meet the league demands and the fixtures arrived with a sigh of relief. In the meantime 14 new players had stacked up including Puerto de la Cruz born former player Kiko Raton (below) now 34 but still a fearsome target man to lead the attack.

The friendly results have not been convincing, five losses and two wins but mixing together a new team from scratch was never going to be easy. New heroes will soon emerge, the last few pay rebels have been blasted by the fans in the warm up games and there may yet be some more additions to the squad. Playing in one of four sections, CD Tenerife are aiming for the drawn out promotion play offs, no team goes up automatically. It promises to be a tough season but we wouldn’t expect it any other way.

FACT FILE

CD Tenerife – Heliodoro Stadium, Santa Cruz

Home Games – mostly Sundays at Noon

Supporters – Armada Sur www.armadasur.com

Replica kit – Soy Del Tete, CC Fañabe Plaza www.tenerifefanshop.com

Opening home games

21st August v Vecindario, 5pm

4^th September v Conquense

18^th September Curuxo