The Hamrun Spartans Sentinel
Match19 Dec 2026
Still nobody has beaten Hamrun Spartans
The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Hamrun Spartans
Danilo Bulevardi 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Blessing Eleke
“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 ratings21 Dec 2026
Kléri Serber in the eights
A performance of 8.46 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
A masterclass from Jonny
Marked 8.01 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Michele Carboni runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Rafael Compri left out for the big one
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Rafael Compri will call it something else in private.
Match19 Dec 2026
Honours even between Hamrun Spartans and Zabbar St. Patrick
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Blessing Eleke keeps on missing
Shots: 7, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
In brief
- Squad Michele Carboni wants a proper job in this side
- The terraces The press have found their man in Kléri Serber