The Gzira United Courier
Market31 Aug 2026
Gabriel Mentz 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 The request is on a desk at Gzira United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Johan Bonilla
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Robert Bencun 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 Gzira United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Gzira United
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market31 Aug 2026
Gzira United promote Ryan Grima from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ryan Grima 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
Mark Schembri steps up from the Gzira United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Schembri 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Chrisnovic N'sa falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
No investment in the facilities at Gzira United
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
Match29 Aug 2026
No goals between Gzira United and Birkirkara
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Birkirkara will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
- Squad Mark Schembri makes his debut at 16
- Squad Deacon Abela left out for tactical reasons at Gzira United