The St. Andrews Sentinel
Squad30 Aug 2027
Jurgen Pisani breaks a bone — 96 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 96 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match28 Aug 2027
The run at home goes on for St. Andrews
17 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
A defender's goal wins it for St. Andrews — 7.76
1 for Jackson, marked 7.76, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Silas Alfred is a medical away from St. Andrews
The deal with Hibernians is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Home is on Mattia Galliano's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; St. Andrews are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at St. Andrews
Taylon was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at St. Andrews
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.
Match28 Aug 2027
6 unbeaten for St. Andrews
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation St. Andrews did not have in the autumn.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Birkirkara tell St. Andrews: Jan Busuttil 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.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at St. Andrews
- Market St. Andrews promote Bjorn Brincat from within
- Market St. Andrews promote Nicholas Fenech from within