The Naxxar Lions Post
Market31 Aug 2026
Vinicius Baiano hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Naxxar Lions can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
The one thing Yeangel Montero could not do
Shots: 11, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Naxxar Lions
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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Cedric 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 Naxxar Lions this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Aug 2026
One of our own: William Formosa joins the Naxxar Lions first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. William Formosa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market31 Aug 2026
Naxxar Lions promote Kenneth Saliba from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kenneth Saliba 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
Jake Chetcuti steps up from the Naxxar Lions academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jake Chetcuti 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
No hiding place for Gabriel Costa
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gabriel Costa, and the manager let it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
The chances came and went for Miroslav Marković
9 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.
In brief
- Squad Sekala Guehi falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Matthias Debono dropped after a run of poor form
- Match Honours even between Naxxar Lions and Mosta