Jason Stewart

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Marked for Jason Stewart

139 Edition

The Naxxar Lions Post

26 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces26 Mar 2029

Anger at Naxxar Lions spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Boardroom26 Mar 2029

Pressure builds in the Naxxar Lions boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Match26 Mar 2029

Naxxar Lions sink to position 12

8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad26 Mar 2029

A knee injury of the worst kind for Adrian Busuttil

20 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Naxxar Lions lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout26 Mar 2029

Shaun Bugeja says Naxxar Lions went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad26 Mar 2029

A falling-out at Naxxar Lions

Cedric and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief

Back issues
136 Edition

The Naxxar Lions Post

5 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom5 Mar 2029

Naxxar Lions spell it out for Mark Kelly

The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Mark Kelly has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Gabriel Costa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Gabriel Costa and Naxxar Lions agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Tempers go at Naxxar Lions

Gabriel Costa 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.

The dugout5 Mar 2029

The manager's exit leaves Jason Stewart exposed

Every squad has men who were signed by a particular manager and men who were merely inherited. Jason Stewart is in the first group, and the man who wanted him here is no longer in the building.

Squad5 Mar 2029

Vitinho is doing the arithmetic

The table has started to be checked before the results are in, and that is always the tell. Nobody at Naxxar Lions says the word out loud, and everybody in the building is thinking it.

The dugout5 Mar 2029

A door opens for Alex Li

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

133 Edition

The Naxxar Lions Post

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad12 Feb 2029

Tempers go at Naxxar Lions

Cedric 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.

Squad12 Feb 2029

Stefan Cassar signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Stefan Cassar commits to Naxxar Lions for another 3 years.

Transfer targets12 Feb 2029

The window shuts on the Ryan Formosa deal

Naxxar Lions ran out of time with Mosta. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

In brief

110 Edition

The Naxxar Lions Post

4 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match2 Sep 2028

No end in sight to Naxxar Lions's wait for a win

9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Naxxar Lions has to find a result from somewhere.

Transfer targets4 Sep 2028

Fee done, terms next for Azer Kozić

Naxxar Lions and Mosta have settled on $360.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Boardroom4 Sep 2028

Deadline passes with 5 signed and 6 gone

That is the business done at Naxxar Lions until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Match2 Sep 2028

No clean sheets in sight for Naxxar Lions

6 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.

Squad4 Sep 2028

Farias stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Farias and Naxxar Lions agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings4 Sep 2028

A hand in 2 of them from Gabriel Costa — 7.88

Marked 7.88. There is a kind of forward whose value only shows up when you count what he was involved in rather than what he finished, and this is the day that argument makes itself.

Squad4 Sep 2028

Jason Stewart gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Jason Stewart has just signed for Naxxar Lions, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad4 Sep 2028

A falling-out at Naxxar Lions

Cedric and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match2 Sep 2028

Gabriel Costa among the goals in a wild afternoon

6 goals in one match, Gabriel Costa on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Naxxar Lions and Sliema Wanderers.

In brief