The Naxxar Lions Post
Squad19 Oct 2026
Farias damages knee ligaments — 90 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 90 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad19 Oct 2026
31 days out for Christian Gauci after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Naxxar Lions will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match17 Oct 2026
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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The step up is real for Juan Hernández
At 19 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.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Vitinho was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad19 Oct 2026
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.
Market19 Oct 2026
One of our own: Isaac Caruana joins the Naxxar Lions first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Isaac Caruana is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Oct 2026
Jean Chetcuti steps up from the Naxxar Lions academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jean Chetcuti 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
Naxxar Lions come up short against Birkirkara
Birkirkara left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Looking ahead A reunion for Matthias Debono
- The dugout Sekala Guehi asks for a word with the manager