The Birkirkara Courier
Match23 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Birkirkara's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Birkirkara has to find a result from somewhere.
Market25 Jan 2027
Jere Vrcić asks to leave Birkirkara
“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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Birkirkara
Franklin Sasere was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Birkirkara training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alessandro Coppola is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Alessandro Coppola
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Manuel Morello stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.26 on the card, and the Birkirkara support went home talking about one name.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Franklin Sasere
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match23 Jan 2027
No goals between Birkirkara and Floriana
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Floriana will be the happier side with the point.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Jacques Bayo knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jacques Bayo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Player ratings A defender's afternoon for Francisco López
- Market Ensell Attard arrives on loan
- Market Birkirkara bring in Claude Mercieca on loan