Jake Mercieca

Goalkeeper - Swieqi United U18
19 Nov 2026
Thursday
Process

Marked for Jake Mercieca

2 Edition

The Swieqi United Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Kian Leonardi puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Swieqi United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Lazarini stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Lazarini and Swieqi United agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

One of our own: Jake Mercieca joins the Swieqi United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jake Mercieca is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Swieqi United promote Fabian Vella from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fabian Vella 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.

Market

Swieqi United promote Juan Bajada from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Bajada 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.

Squad

No place for Lazarini in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Swieqi United are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

In brief