The Sliema Wanderers Herald
Match29 Aug 2026
A 2-goal lead gone for Sliema Wanderers
It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Valletta kept coming because nothing stopped them, and Sliema Wanderers will be asked about the last half hour all week.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A brace, and Marcelo takes the afternoon — 8.32
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Marcelo provided it, and the 8.32 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Sliema Wanderers
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market31 Aug 2026
Sliema Wanderers promote Kevin Pisani from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kevin Pisani 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: Gabriel Cauchi joins the Sliema Wanderers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gabriel Cauchi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market31 Aug 2026
Thomas Pace steps up from the Sliema Wanderers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Pace 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
Gabriel Cilia steps up from the Sliema Wanderers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Cilia 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Jair Tavares
“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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Sliema Wanderers and Valletta take a point apiece
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
In brief
- Squad Marcelo named player of the week
- Squad Marcelo is off the mark for Sliema Wanderers
- Squad Mohamed Awad left out for tactical reasons at Sliema Wanderers