The Sliema Wanderers Herald
Market31 Aug 2026
Jean Borg hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sliema Wanderers can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Nikos Karelis yet — 8.09
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.09 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
3 academy graduates step up at Sliema Wanderers
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Floriana tell Sliema Wanderers: Dunstan Vella is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market31 Aug 2026
One of our own: Pierre Busuttil joins the Sliema Wanderers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pierre Busuttil 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
Sliema Wanderers promote Mario Formosa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mario Formosa 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
Sliema Wanderers promote Paul Cutajar from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Paul Cutajar 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Appearance number 100 for Gustavo
100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Brian Gambarte was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 15. 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.
In brief
- Match Sliema Wanderers and Valletta take a point apiece
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Daniel Galea on the draw
- Squad The first one for Nikos Karelis