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Edition
The Birkirkara Courier
10 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market10 Jul 2028
Hannes Pétur Hauksson 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 The request is on a desk at Birkirkara, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Noel Cassar is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Geoffrey Acheampong has improved at 31, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
In brief
- Squad Luis Mario Córdova falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Hannes Pétur Hauksson wants to go home
- Market Birkirkara buy the years ahead of Philipp Thomas
- Market Shaun Dimech leaves for nothing