Marked for Andre Azzopardi
From our football correspondent
Steady
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Sliema Wanderers wanted more than $46.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Slavia Mozyr have kept their man, and Birkirkara go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Birkirkara
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alessandro Coppola was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Andrew Tutte and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andre Azzopardi commits to Birkirkara for another 3 years.
Looking ahead24 Aug 2026
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Macula’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Birkirkara needing him to play as if none of it matters.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kenneth Deguara, and the manager let it.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Andre Azzopardi trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Looking ahead24 Aug 2026
Next up at home: Gzira United, who go into it in position 12. The kind of fixture a season is quietly built on or quietly loses its shape in.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad17 Aug 2026
Zach Muscat 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Birkirkara have gone to Sliema Wanderers with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
$45.0K was the most the club would pay and Mosta were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
Zach Muscat and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The offer went to Mosta this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Birkirkara have gone to Valletta with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alessandro Coppola commits to Birkirkara for another 3 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Charlton Bajada 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andre Azzopardi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bjorn Grima 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Noel Busuttil 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
“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.