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Market1 Mar 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Marsaxlokk can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Mar 2027
The offer from FH for James Kirby was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market1 Mar 2027
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Brandon Paiber reports back to Valletta with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
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Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
The month closes with Kléri Serber out in front — 5 goals in 4 games, and Hamrun Spartans have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Kléri Serber is the division's player of the month — 8.48
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Hamrun Spartans man on 8.48 with 5 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Silas Alfred is the month's best young player — 7.90
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.90 over the month and 3 goal contributions, from a Hibernians player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Floriana can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Feb 2027
The bid was some way short and Hamrun Spartans did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Kevin Piedrahita leads the division for assists — 6.27
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 6 of them made by a Birkirkara player marked 6.27, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Feb 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hibernians is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Highest marks in the league belong to a Hamrun Spartans man
Kléri Serber averaged 8.48 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Market1 Feb 2027
The name of João Moura has come up in conversations Naxxar Lions were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
3 goals in 4 appearances for Floriana leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
4 in 4 for Zabbar St. Patrick. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
A productive month at Naxxar Lions — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
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Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
The month closes with Patrick Schmidt out in front — 5 goals in 4 games, and Tarxien Rainbows have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Mosta man on 8.33 with 6 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.33 over the month and 6 goal contributions, from a Mosta player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Jan 2027
The bid was some way short and Hamrun Spartans did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
Guilherme Cioletti leads the division for assists — 7.01
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Floriana player marked 7.01, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Jan 2027
Only the photograph left for Neil Frendo
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Neil Frendo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Sliema Wanderers the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
Highest marks in the league belong to a Mosta man
Luca Tevere averaged 8.50 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
A productive month at Birkirkara — 4 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
Damir Céter up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Hamrun Spartans — 4 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
4 goals in 4 appearances for Zabbar St. Patrick, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
4 goals in 4 appearances for Mosta leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 3 goals in 4 appearances for Naxxar Lions.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Yeangel Montero is the division's player of the month — 7.92
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Naxxar Lions man on 7.92 with 4 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Silas Alfred is the month's best young player — 6.79
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.79 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Hibernians player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Dec 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Floriana, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Nobody made more than Julani Archibald this month
4 assists, 7.09, and a Hibernians player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Highest marks in the league belong to a Floriana man
Charles M'Mombwa averaged 8.12 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
A productive month at Floriana — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
2 in 2 for Hamrun Spartans. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Shaft Brewer up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Valletta — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
2 goals in 4 appearances for Mosta, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Market1 Dec 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Blessing Eleke signs something — a contract at Hamrun Spartans or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market1 Dec 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Gabriel Mentz may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
The month closes with Charles M'Mombwa out in front — 4 goals in 5 games, and Floriana have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Charles M'Mombwa is the division's player of the month — 8.49
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Floriana man on 8.49 with 6 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Hibernians
Silas Alfred was marked 6.88 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Nov 2026
Gabriel Mentz hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Gzira United can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 7 of them made by a Marsaxlokk player marked 7.22, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Highest marks in the league belong to a Floriana man
Charles M'Mombwa averaged 8.49 over 5 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Johan Bonilla up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Gzira United — 4 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
3 in 5 for Naxxar Lions. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
4 in 5 for Hamrun Spartans. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
4 in 5 for Floriana. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Market1 Nov 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market1 Nov 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tarxien Rainbows know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
The month closes with Franklin Sasere out in front — 6 goals in 4 games, and Birkirkara have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Franklin Sasere is the division's player of the month — 9.01
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Birkirkara man on 9.01 with 9 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Hibernians
Silas Alfred was marked 6.97 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Oct 2026
Marko Musulin hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tarxien Rainbows can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Oct 2026
Hibernians come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Floriana did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Nobody made more than Maringá this month
4 assists, 6.30, and a Valletta player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Highest marks in the league belong to a Birkirkara man
Franklin Sasere averaged 9.01 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
3 in 4 for Hibernians. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Marcelo makes the list
4 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
3 goals in 4 appearances for Gzira United, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
4 in 4 for Valletta. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Market1 Oct 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Gzira United, another week without a signature from Evgeniy Karpovich.
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Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
The month closes with Uroš Đuranović out in front — 2 goals in 1 games, and Sliema Wanderers have the division's most feared finisher.
Market1 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Sep 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Nobody made more than Maringá this month
2 assists, 5.32, and a Valletta player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Sep 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Floriana have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Roko Prša keeps the pressure on
1 goals in 1 appearances for Sliema Wanderers leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Blessing Eleke up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Hamrun Spartans — 2 goals from 1 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
1 goals in 1 appearances for Floriana leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Luca Tevere up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Mosta — 2 goals from 1 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Market1 Sep 2026
Hamrun Spartans are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Valletta will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Uroš Đuranović: 1 assists this month — 10.00
Next on a chart nobody frames. 10.00 for a Sliema Wanderers player whose month is measured in other people's goals.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
1 assists and counting for Fede Varela
Marked 8.43 across the month. Somewhere in this division there are strikers whose goal tally belongs partly to him, and none of them will say so.
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Market1 Aug 2026
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Edoardo Colombo has his answer from Gzira United; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Market1 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Zach Muscat's contract
11 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.