The Tarxien Rainbows Courier
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Both of them Patrick Schmidt's — 8.37
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.37, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market31 Aug 2026
Terms done: Miguel Spiteri is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Pieta Hotspurs waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Tarxien Rainbows is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Tarxien Rainbows
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match29 Aug 2026
Tarxien Rainbows get the job done against Hibernians
A 3‑1 win over Hibernians, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Naxxar Lions tell Tarxien Rainbows: Sekala Guehi is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Tarxien Rainbows training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. João Guilherme is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market31 Aug 2026
Carlo Cauchi steps up from the Tarxien Rainbows academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlo Cauchi 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Alex Spiteri steps up from the Tarxien Rainbows academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alex Spiteri 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Tarxien Rainbows promote Stefan Buttigieg from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stefan Buttigieg 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.
In brief
- Squad Number 50 for Patrick Schmidt
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Anthony Lokosa at his very best
- The dugout The view from the dugout