The Birkirkara Courier
Squad31 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Rafa Santos
119 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Birkirkara lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Jefferson Vinicius goes up and wins it — 7.79
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.79 for the rest of it.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
3 academy graduates step up at Birkirkara
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Ikorodu City tell Birkirkara: Uzoma Chinonso is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market31 Aug 2026
One of our own: Isaac Cauchi joins the Birkirkara first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Isaac Cauchi 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
Birkirkara promote Martin Sammut from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Martin Sammut 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
Alex Micallef steps up from the Birkirkara academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alex Micallef 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
Rashed Al-Tumi makes it 100
100 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.
Match29 Aug 2026
Birkirkara refuse to lose to Gzira United
A point taken on 94 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Louis Pahama
- Match Birkirkara and Gzira United take a point apiece
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Birkirkara