The Gzira United Courier
Squad14 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Edoardo Colombo
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Johan Bonilla beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The step up is real for Jerome Bonnici
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Gzira United
Jerson Cabral 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Gzira United cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Match12 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Gzira United against Mosta
0‑2 to Mosta, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Ivan Schembri joins the Gzira United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Schembri is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Sep 2026
Jeremy Grima steps up from the Gzira United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jeremy Grima 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Gzira United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marc Van de Bovenkamp was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout Santiago Martínez gets it from the manager
- The dugout James Mangion answers for it
- The dugout Jerson Cabral is still paying for one afternoon at Gzira United