The Zabbar St. Patrick Gazette
Squad12 Oct 2026
Kean Scicluna is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Zabbar St. Patrick
Bruno Figueiredo 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Zabbar St. Patrick training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Tabone 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Dorant Ahmetaj gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Miloš Jovičić is the weekend's best young player
At 20 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
Kean Scicluna faces his old club
Hamrun Spartans next, and one man in the Zabbar St. Patrick dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Vinicius gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Vinicius is on it.
Market12 Oct 2026
Luís Mota linked with a move away
The name of Luís Mota keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Zabbar St. Patrick say nothing, which says plenty.
Market12 Oct 2026
Zabbar St. Patrick put Kaiden Fenech up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Kaiden Fenech may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Hamrun Spartans
- The dugout Izaak Etim Akpan keeps his manager's vote