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40 Edition

The Zurrieq Courier

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom3 May 2027

Alfred Cauchi has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Zurrieq can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Market3 May 2027

Darren Borg 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 Zurrieq can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout3 May 2027

Joey Reno Vella: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Zurrieq have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad3 May 2027

Leonard Londe 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 Zurrieq this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market3 May 2027

Renato Díaz already looking beyond Zurrieq

He signed expecting a bigger stage than the one he found. It has not taken long, and it has not taken the dressing room long to notice either.

Squad3 May 2027

Renato Díaz signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Renato Díaz and Zurrieq agree another 3 years.

The dugout3 May 2027

Vinicius Belotti without the man who signed him

Every squad is half players the manager chose and half players he inherited. Vinicius Belotti was chosen, the man who chose him has gone, and he starts again from nothing under the next one.

The dugout3 May 2027

Leonard Londe knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurrieq, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout3 May 2027

No hiding place for Robert Ellul

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Robert Ellul, and the manager let it.

In brief

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39 Edition

The Zurrieq Courier

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces26 Apr 2027

Supporters organise against the Zurrieq board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Boardroom26 Apr 2027

The scrutiny sharpens at Zurrieq

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Zurrieq is running low.

Match26 Apr 2027

Every point is an argument now for Zurrieq

Position 15 and 20 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market26 Apr 2027

Jonny Monney 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 Zurrieq can pretend not to have heard.

Squad26 Apr 2027

Zurrieq lose Gustavo Lima

28 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad26 Apr 2027

Tempers go at Zurrieq

Mohamed Awad 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.

Squad26 Apr 2027

A row about effort at Zurrieq

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

The dugout26 Apr 2027

The manager makes an example of Noel Aquilina

“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.

Market26 Apr 2027

The Nikita Sednev story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Nikita Sednev signs something — a contract at Zurrieq or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

25 Edition

The Zurrieq Courier

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match16 Jan 2027

19 matches without a win for Zurrieq

The run now stands at 19, and the questions being asked around Zurrieq are no longer polite ones.

Market18 Jan 2027

Robert Ellul asks to leave Zurrieq

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets18 Jan 2027

Marc Van de Bovenkamp is a medical away from Zurrieq

The deal with Gzira United is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Leonard Londe 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 Zurrieq this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets18 Jan 2027

Door shut on Allesandro Du Plessis

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

Match16 Jan 2027

Zebbug Rangers take the points off Zurrieq

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout18 Jan 2027

The manager makes an example of Leonard Londe

“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.

Squad18 Jan 2027

A row about effort at Zurrieq

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

The dugout18 Jan 2027

Alfred Cauchi: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

In brief