The Birzebbuga St. Peter's Courier
Squad19 Feb 2035
A knee injury of the worst kind for Aron Naicker
23 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Birzebbuga St. Peter's lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market19 Feb 2035
Christopher Kikuni Kikuni puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Birzebbuga St. Peter's, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Feb 2035
Rogert Daboin 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 Birzebbuga St. Peter's this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Feb 2035
88% of the income goes out in wages at Birzebbuga St. Peter's
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
The dugout19 Feb 2035
Joseph Scerri is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Market19 Feb 2035
Rogert Daboin linked with a move away
The name of Rogert Daboin keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Birzebbuga St. Peter's say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Market Kurt Briffa runs his contract down
- Market Francisco Sánchez placed on the list
- Boardroom Birzebbuga St. Peter's keep producing them
- Squad Welcome back, William Borg