Alan Pace

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20 Feb 2027
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Marked for Alan Pace

29 Edition

The Hamrun Spartans Sentinel

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad15 Feb 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Matthew Guillaumier

25 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hamrun Spartans lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout15 Feb 2027

Alan Pace: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hamrun Spartans have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad15 Feb 2027

Matthew Guillaumier 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 Hamrun Spartans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout15 Feb 2027

No hiding place for Matthew Guillaumier

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matthew Guillaumier, and the manager let it.

The dugout15 Feb 2027

Ryan Camenzuli has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Ryan Camenzuli has written the date down.

The dugout15 Feb 2027

Alan Muscat knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hamrun Spartans, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The Hamrun Spartans Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Rafael Compri was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 38. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Tobias Bjørnstad signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tobias Bjørnstad commits to Hamrun Spartans for another 3 years.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Rafael Compri out for 16 days

The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Rafael Compri, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A month that belonged to Alan Pace

The young player of the month award goes to a 14-year-old at Hamrun Spartans who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Donát Pálfi makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Owen Chetcuti was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Hamrun Spartans dressing room was either.

Match31 Oct 2026

Hamrun Spartans and Birkirkara cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Birkirkara came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Yankho Singo does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Ryan Camenzuli has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Ryan Camenzuli has written the date down.

In brief

13 Edition

The Hamrun Spartans Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad26 Oct 2026

Damir Céter breaks a bone — 18 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Alan Pace, 14, steals the show — 7.92

Marked 7.92 at 14, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Match24 Oct 2026

Hamrun Spartans end the wait against Naxxar Lions

It had gone 8 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near Rafael Compri

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Ognjen Bjeličić falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The terraces26 Oct 2026

One of their own: Alan Pace

He is 14 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match24 Oct 2026

Hamrun Spartans get the job done against Naxxar Lions

A 1‑0 win over Naxxar Lions, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Owen Chetcuti, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Matthew Guillaumier knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Matthew Guillaumier trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

11 Edition

The Hamrun Spartans Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Oct 2026

32 days out for Damir Céter after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Hamrun Spartans will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match10 Oct 2026

The wait goes on for Hamrun Spartans

7 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Hamrun Spartans

Matthew Guillaumier and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings12 Oct 2026

Kléri Serber runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market12 Oct 2026

Hamrun Spartans promote Julian Farrugia from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Julian Farrugia 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.

Market12 Oct 2026

Alan Muscat steps up from the Hamrun Spartans academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alan Muscat 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.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Matthew Guillaumier

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matthew Guillaumier, and the manager let it.

Boardroom12 Oct 2026

Wages eat 100% of everything Hamrun Spartans earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Hamrun Spartans are still strangers to each other

11 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

In brief

9 Edition

The Hamrun Spartans Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad28 Sep 2026

47 days out for Damir Céter after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Hamrun Spartans will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match26 Sep 2026

No end in sight to Hamrun Spartans's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hamrun Spartans has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Matthew Guillaumier 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 Hamrun Spartans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Ognjen Bjeličić falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match26 Sep 2026

Floriana take the points off Hamrun Spartans

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market28 Sep 2026

Thomas Saliba steps up from the Hamrun Spartans academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Saliba 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.

Market28 Sep 2026

Alan Pace steps up from the Hamrun Spartans academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alan 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.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Owen Chetcuti: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Rafael Compri

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief