The Birkirkara Courier
Market16 Sep 2030
Matheus Santos is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Birkirkara is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad16 Sep 2030
A falling-out at Birkirkara
Zach Muscat and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings16 Sep 2030
Ivan Galea was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets16 Sep 2030
Deadline beats Birkirkara to Harry White
The clock did what Melita would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.
Squad16 Sep 2030
Words at Birkirkara training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mauro Lulli 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.
Player ratings16 Sep 2030
Thuto Sesipi takes the honours
Marked 7.78 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Birkirkara had the best player on the pitch.
Squad16 Sep 2030
Andre Bugeja signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andre Bugeja commits to Birkirkara for another 3 years.
Match14 Sep 2030
Honours even between Birkirkara and Gzira United
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout16 Sep 2030
The manager makes an example of Alexandru Telehoi
“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
- The dugout Interim Coach on the point
- Market Birkirkara and Mauro Lulli are talking past each other
- Squad Matt Bagot makes his debut at 21