Ryan Ellul

Right Forward - Balzan U18
7 Mar 2028
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Ryan Ellul

4 Edition

The Balzan Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Looking ahead

A reunion for Clive Gauci

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Mgarr United in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Squad

Luis Gabriel remains an outsider

A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Balzan would admit. It shows on Saturdays.

The dugout

No hiding place for Roderick Portelli

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

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Balzan Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

Jake Azzopardi due for a Balzan medical

Everything agreed with Valletta, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets

Balzan make their move for Jamie Wähling

$110.0K on the table at Hibernians. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

Luis Gabriel 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 Balzan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Mosta tell Balzan: Chukwuemeka Junior Eke 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.

Market

One of our own: Ryan Ellul joins the Balzan first team

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

Market

Gabriel Cutajar steps up from the Balzan academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Cutajar 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.

Market

Balzan promote Alan Cutajar from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alan Cutajar 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: Ryan Deguara joins the Balzan first team

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

Squad

Artem Denisenko remains an outsider

A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Balzan would admit. It shows on Saturdays.

In brief