David Pace

Right Midfielder - Gzira United
17 Feb 2027
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Marked for David Pace

29 Edition

The Gzira United Courier

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad15 Feb 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Marc Van de Bovenkamp

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

Squad15 Feb 2027

Words exchanged at Gzira United

Edoardo Colombo 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.

Squad15 Feb 2027

A row about effort at Gzira United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marc Van de Bovenkamp was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad15 Feb 2027

Justin Cauchi signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Justin Cauchi and Gzira United agree another 3 years.

The dugout15 Feb 2027

No hiding place for Deacon Abela

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

The dugout15 Feb 2027

David Xuereb asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

  • Market The window shut and Deyan Pace is still in the building
  • The dugout The manager plants his flag on David Pace
Back issues
23 Edition

The Gzira United Courier

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad4 Jan 2027

Edoardo Colombo 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 Gzira United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match2 Jan 2027

Tarxien Rainbows take the points off Gzira United

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market4 Jan 2027

Eyes on Patrick Brincat again

The phone has started ringing about Patrick Brincat again, and this time the name on the line is Tarxien Rainbows. Gzira United are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Words at Gzira United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marc Van de Bovenkamp 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.

Player ratings4 Jan 2027

Johan Bonilla runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout4 Jan 2027

The manager makes an example of Marc Van de Bovenkamp

“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.

The dugout4 Jan 2027

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Owen Mangion left the room before anybody could ask which.

Squad4 Jan 2027

David Pace named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. David Pace is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout4 Jan 2027

Somebody else is better right now than Godwin Mintoff

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

In brief

4 Edition

The Gzira United Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Gzira United

Edoardo Colombo 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 targets24 Aug 2026

Door shut on Stephen Amos

Gzira United asked and Shooting Stars said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Gzira United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Mentz 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.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

A loan move for Abiodun Adegoke is in the works

Gzira United have made the call to Shooting Stars. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Stefan Gauci signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Stefan Gauci commits to Gzira United for another 3 years.

Looking ahead24 Aug 2026

Gzira United take on the side everybody is chasing

Birkirkara arrive as leaders. A side at the top is beaten roughly once a month, and the club that does it gets a week it remembers for a year.

Looking ahead24 Aug 2026

Máxuell Maia goes back to face Birkirkara

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Máxuell Maia’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Gzira United needing him to play as if none of it matters.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Stefan Gauci

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

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Thomas Mintoff asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief