The San Telmo Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
San Telmo turn down Vittoriosa Stars for Brandon Gómez
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at San Telmo
Juan Cruz Zurbriggen and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for San Telmo against Chacarita Juniors
2‑3 to Chacarita Juniors, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Iñaki Larthirigoyen
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
San Telmo promote Iván Castillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Iván Castillo 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
José Romano steps up from the San Telmo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. José Romano 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Benjamín Luna steps up from the San Telmo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamín Luna 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at San Telmo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonel Pollacchi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at San Telmo
16 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout No place in the plan for Iñaki Larthirigoyen
- The dugout Leonel Pollacchi knocks on the manager's door