The Sliema Wanderers Herald
Market31 Aug 2026
Rogério 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 Sliema Wanderers can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Steve Pisani breaks a bone — 53 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 53 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Sliema Wanderers
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match29 Aug 2026
Sliema Wanderers come up short against Valletta
Valletta left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market31 Aug 2026
James Debono steps up from the Sliema Wanderers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Debono has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market31 Aug 2026
Sliema Wanderers promote Jean Mifsud from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jean Mifsud has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market31 Aug 2026
One of our own: George Grima joins the Sliema Wanderers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. George Grima is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Nikos Karelis
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Appearance number 100 for Gustavo
100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
In brief
- Squad Henry Bonello lets one through his hands
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Henry Bonello's mistake