The Vittoriosa Stars Sentinel
Match28 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Vittoriosa Stars
22 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market30 Aug 2027
Samuel Boakye 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 The request is on a desk at Vittoriosa Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Robbie Cleary says Vittoriosa Stars 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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Julius Babatola’s move to Mtarfa falls through
The deal that would have taken Julius Babatola to Mtarfa has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Vittoriosa Stars with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Market30 Aug 2027
Santa Lucia join the queue for Samuel Boakye
Add another name to the list: Santa Lucia have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Samuel Boakye. The answer from Vittoriosa Stars has not changed — yet.
Match28 Aug 2027
The goals have deserted Vittoriosa Stars
5 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Vittoriosa Stars can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Áquila 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 Vittoriosa Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Vittoriosa Stars
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.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Door shut on Marcus Grima
Vittoriosa Stars 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.
In brief
- Squad Veljko Tasić wants to go home
- Squad Words at Vittoriosa Stars training over how hard people work
- Market Daniel Bajada steps up from the Vittoriosa Stars academy