The Zabbar St. Patrick Gazette
Market30 Aug 2027
Tristan Ellul comes home
The shirt still fits. Tristan Ellul is back at Zabbar St. Patrick, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market30 Aug 2027
As if he never left: Ryan Vella returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Ryan Vella is a Zabbar St. Patrick player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market30 Aug 2027
Simon Mintoff comes home
The shirt still fits. Simon Mintoff is back at Zabbar St. Patrick, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market30 Aug 2027
As if he never left: John Portelli returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. John Portelli is a Zabbar St. Patrick player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Zabbar St. Patrick
Strahinja Jovančić 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.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Brian Gambarte
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Ariel Krajka gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
Zabbar St. Patrick board go back on their word
Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Mayron shuts the door
Defensive actions: 14, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
In brief
- Match Point won or two lost for Zabbar St. Patrick?
- Squad A first senior shirt for Junior Kamwa
- Player ratings The one thing Pedro Cejas could not do