The Tarxien Rainbows Courier
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Both of them Patrick Schmidt's — 9.41
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.41, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Clive Mintoff says Tarxien Rainbows went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Tarxien Rainbows
Marko Musulin 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.
Match28 Nov 2026
Patrick Schmidt the difference as Tarxien Rainbows beat Zabbar St. Patrick
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Patrick Schmidt. 3‑2 against Zabbar St. Patrick, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Anthony Lokosa in the eights
A performance of 8.56 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
122% of the income goes out in wages at Tarxien Rainbows
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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Cláudio Murici wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Tarxien Rainbows know it.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Kwasi Donsu gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Tarxien Rainbows
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marcus Grima was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout Emanuel Grech: “That is the standard”
- Player ratings Marko Musulin was unplayable
- Looking ahead A reunion for Andrea Zammit