The Hamrun Spartans Sentinel
Market28 Aug 2028
Gabriel Perea agrees terms with Mtarfa
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Hamrun Spartans people have started saying his name in the past tense.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Vincenzo Polito says Hamrun Spartans 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.
Market28 Aug 2028
Bokamoso Taukobong is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hamrun Spartans is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Hamrun Spartans
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Messie Biatoumoussoka frozen out at Hamrun Spartans
This is not rotation. Messie Biatoumoussoka has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Hamrun Spartans is pretending otherwise.
Match26 Aug 2028
3 matches without a goal for Hamrun Spartans
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Market28 Aug 2028
Samuel Debono steps up from the Hamrun Spartans academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuel Debono 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.
Market28 Aug 2028
One of our own: Steve Grima joins the Hamrun Spartans first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Steve Grima is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
Hamrun Spartans let a promise lapse
A date was given and it came and went. Nobody upstairs will call it a broken promise, and nobody downstairs will call it anything else for a long time.
In brief
- The dugout A promise honoured at Hamrun Spartans
- Squad Jairo Ortiz in a row with a teammate
- Squad Words at Hamrun Spartans training over how hard people work