The Zabbar St. Patrick Gazette
Market28 Aug 2028
Miloš Jovičić is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Zabbar St. Patrick is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Charles M'Mombwa beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Benjamín Morales says Zabbar St. Patrick 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.
Match26 Aug 2028
Whatever happens, Zabbar St. Patrick do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Zabbar St. Patrick
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.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Door shut on Marko Musulin
Zabbar St. Patrick asked and Tarxien Rainbows said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad28 Aug 2028
A row about effort at Zabbar St. Patrick
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Strahinja Jovančić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Zean Leonardi 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 Zabbar St. Patrick this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market28 Aug 2028
Zabbar St. Patrick promote Victor Debono from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Victor Debono 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
- Market Luca Mercieca steps up from the Zabbar St. Patrick academy
- Market One of our own: Mark Grima joins the Zabbar St. Patrick first team
- Boardroom Zabbar St. Patrick let a promise lapse