The Floriana Chronicle
Match26 Aug 2028
The wait goes on for Floriana
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
Floriana tie Thomas Grima down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Market28 Aug 2028
As if he never left: Samuel Ellul returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Samuel Ellul is a Floriana player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market28 Aug 2028
Anton Barbara is a Floriana player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market28 Aug 2028
As if he never left: Martin Formosa returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Martin Formosa is a Floriana player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market28 Aug 2028
As if he never left: Kenneth Agius returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Kenneth Agius is a Floriana player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Kenan Dervišagić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Floriana this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Fede Varela in the eights
A performance of 8.91 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad28 Aug 2028
The manager makes an example of Guilherme Cioletti
“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.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Charles M'Mombwa
- Match Floriana share the spoils with Zabbar St. Patrick
- Player ratings Kenan Dervišagić keeps on missing