The Tarxien Rainbows Courier
Market14 Dec 2026
Andreas Vella puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Tarxien Rainbows, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match12 Dec 2026
6 matches without a win for Tarxien Rainbows
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Tarxien Rainbows are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Patrick Schmidt 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 Tarxien Rainbows this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market14 Dec 2026
One of our own: Bjorn Deguara joins the Tarxien Rainbows first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bjorn Deguara is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Yilson Mosquera
“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.
Match12 Dec 2026
Valletta take the points off Tarxien Rainbows
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by David Cachia to a room that had heard them before.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Érico Júnior gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Érico Júnior is on it.
Market14 Dec 2026
Patrick Schmidt linked with a move away
The name of Patrick Schmidt keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tarxien Rainbows say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- The dugout Kwasi Donsu asks for a word with the manager
- Player ratings Ángel Valverde was unplayable
- Squad Patrick Schmidt can feel the drop