The Zabbar St. Patrick Gazette
Match28 Aug 2027
A hiding for Zabbar St. Patrick
Beaten 0‑5 by Floriana, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market30 Aug 2027
Bruno Figueiredo asks to leave Zabbar St. Patrick
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Manú
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Hugo Sacco: 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.” Zabbar St. Patrick have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Jake Micallef is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Bruno Figueiredo 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 Zabbar St. Patrick this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Zabbar St. Patrick
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A late step up for Miro Soldo
At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market30 Aug 2027
Jake Azzopardi steps up from the Zabbar St. Patrick academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jake 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.
In brief
- Market Zabbar St. Patrick promote Andrew Chetcuti from within
- Market Pierre Cachia steps up from the Zabbar St. Patrick academy
- Boardroom Nobody left the Zabbar St. Patrick dressing room in a hurry