The Floriana Chronicle
Match29 Aug 2026
No mercy from Floriana
Zabbar St. Patrick will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Floriana were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market31 Aug 2026
Valletta come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Floriana did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A brace, and Robert Murić takes the afternoon — 8.08
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Robert Murić provided it, and the 8.08 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Guilherme Cioletti
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market31 Aug 2026
Zachary Scerri 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 Floriana can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Floriana
Kauan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Floriana
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
Robert Murić 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.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Door shut on Rafael Compri
Floriana asked and Hamrun Spartans said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- The terraces One of their own: Mustapha Jah
- Market Floriana promote Mark Cachia from within
- Market Timothy Zammit steps up from the Floriana academy