The Naxxar Lions Post
Match29 Aug 2026
A 2-goal lead gone for Naxxar Lions
It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Mosta kept coming because nothing stopped them, and Naxxar Lions will be asked about the last half hour all week.
Market31 Aug 2026
João Moura asks to leave Naxxar Lions
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Aug 2026
6 saves: Matthias Debono was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
3 academy graduates step up at Naxxar Lions
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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Mosta take the points off Naxxar Lions
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Rosiel in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Naxxar Lions this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Aug 2026
Naxxar Lions promote Luke Deguara from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luke Deguara 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
One of our own: Godwin Tabone joins the Naxxar Lions first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Godwin Tabone is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market31 Aug 2026
One of our own: Frank Gatt joins the Naxxar Lions first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Frank Gatt is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout Théo Kruger gets it from the manager
- Player ratings One of those days for Rosiel
- The dugout Glenn Cilia faces the questions