Ian Mintoff

Left Back - Zabbar St. Patrick
20 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Ian Mintoff

4 Edition

The Zabbar St. Patrick Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Im Young-Won 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 The request is on a desk at Zabbar St. Patrick, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Zabbar St. Patrick

Karlo Bručić 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.

Squad

Words at Zabbar St. Patrick training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ayom Majok 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.

Squad

Jake Micallef stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jake Micallef and Zabbar St. Patrick agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Looking ahead

Charles M'Mombwa faces his old club

Floriana next, and one man in the Zabbar St. Patrick dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Ian Mintoff

“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.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Zabbar St. Patrick Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Zabbar St. Patrick lose Charles M'Mombwa

55 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Karlo Bručić 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.

Market

Im Young-Won placed on the list

Zabbar St. Patrick have made Im Young-Won available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

2 Edition

The Zabbar St. Patrick Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Miloš Jovičić signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Miloš Jovičić commits to Zabbar St. Patrick for another 4 years.

Squad

Words exchanged at Zabbar St. Patrick

Karlo Bručić 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Zabbar St. Patrick

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

Market

One of our own: Isaac Bugeja joins the Zabbar St. Patrick first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Isaac Bugeja is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: John Schembri joins the Zabbar St. Patrick first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Schembri is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Ian Mintoff joins the Zabbar St. Patrick first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ian Mintoff is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Zabbar St. Patrick promote Raymond Gatt from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Raymond Gatt 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Miloš Jovičić

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

Transfer targets

Zabbar St. Patrick ask about Emeka Kelvin Agu

A loan enquiry to Sliema Wanderers: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief