The Birkirkara Courier
Market20 Jan 2031
Alexandru Telehoi agrees terms with Vittoriosa Stars
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Birkirkara people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Match18 Jan 2031
Birkirkara make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Birkirkara have 4 straight wins of it.
Squad20 Jan 2031
Zach Muscat 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 Birkirkara this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets20 Jan 2031
Birkirkara baulk at the price for Patrick Schmidt
Tarxien Rainbows wanted more than $88.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets20 Jan 2031
Door shut on Bokamoso Taukobong
Birkirkara asked and Tarxien Rainbows said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match18 Jan 2031
Birkirkara see off Valletta
Three points for Birkirkara, 2‑1 the final word against Valletta in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad20 Jan 2031
A row about effort at Birkirkara
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matt Bagot was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings20 Jan 2031
A masterclass from Thuto Sesipi
Marked 8.14 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings20 Jan 2031
The game went through Domenico Avvisati — 6.90
Marked 6.90 on 9 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.
In brief
- Squad Birkirkara lose Ivan Tabone
- Squad Defences have started doubling up on Thuto Sesipi
- Transfer targets Birkirkara ask about Victor