Gilbert Grima

Left Forward - Balzan U18
25 May 2028
Thursday
Process

Marked for Gilbert Grima

48 Edition

The Balzan Post

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Michael 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 Balzan can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Balzan turn down Gudja United for Yousuf Toure

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Noel Galea

Balzan asked and Valletta said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

A row about effort at Balzan

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ayanda Vete was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Emmanuel Ugwu is in the works

Balzan have made the call to Mosta. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Zachary Grech

“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

Back issues
2 Edition

The Balzan Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Balzan

Umut Habil 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.

Transfer targets

Balzan rebuffed over João Moura

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Naxxar Lions have kept their man, and Balzan go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Balzan promote Emanuel Tabone from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emanuel Tabone 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.

Market

Balzan promote Gilbert Grima from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gilbert Grima 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.

Market

One of our own: Dominic Pisani joins the Balzan first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dominic Pisani is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Raymond Gauci joins the Balzan first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Raymond Gauci is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief