The Hamrun Spartans Sentinel
Squad2 Nov 2026
Emerson Marcelina breaks a bone — 20 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 20 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Joseph Mbong runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Danilo Bulevardi 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.
Match31 Oct 2026
6 unbeaten for Hamrun Spartans
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Hamrun Spartans did not have in the autumn.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
105% of the income goes out in wages at Hamrun Spartans
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for Luca Buttigieg
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Luca Buttigieg has come out of that comparison in the side, and Hamrun Spartans have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Jonny
- Squad The manager makes an example of Henry Bonello
- Match Hamrun Spartans and Birkirkara cancel each other out
- Market The clock does Joseph Mbong’s negotiating for him