Mark Pace

Striker - Free Agent
23 Nov 2032
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248 Edition

The Pieta Hotspurs Herald

28 Apr 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market28 Apr 2031

Mark Pace hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Pieta Hotspurs can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout28 Apr 2031

Gabriel Buttigieg frozen out at Pieta Hotspurs

This is not rotation. Gabriel Buttigieg has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Pieta Hotspurs is pretending otherwise.

Boardroom28 Apr 2031

Wages swallow 175% of the Pieta Hotspurs income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

The dugout28 Apr 2031

Joseph Scerri is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

The dugout28 Apr 2031

Lazarini knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pieta Hotspurs, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market28 Apr 2031

Cleiton Thiesen linked with a move away

The name of Cleiton Thiesen keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pieta Hotspurs say nothing, which says plenty.

Market28 Apr 2031

Aleksander Nadolski placed on the list

Pieta Hotspurs have made Aleksander Nadolski available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Market28 Apr 2031

The clock does Anton Cachia’s negotiating for him

3 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Pieta Hotspurs could ask drops and the wages Anton Cachia can ask rise.

Squad28 Apr 2031

The training reports on Alex Portelli are not good

A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.

In brief

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The Pieta Hotspurs Herald

30 Dec 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad30 Dec 2030

26 days out for Hafiz Mohammed Akadom after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Pieta Hotspurs will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match28 Dec 2030

A hiding for Pieta Hotspurs

Beaten 1‑4 by Sliema Wanderers, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Boardroom30 Dec 2030

The scrutiny sharpens at Pieta Hotspurs

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Pieta Hotspurs is running low.

Market30 Dec 2030

Mark Pace asks to leave Pieta Hotspurs

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market30 Dec 2030

Kian Leonardi has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Pieta Hotspurs they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad30 Dec 2030

Home is on Augusto Cáseres'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; Pieta Hotspurs are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad30 Dec 2030

Tempers go at Pieta Hotspurs

Karl Mohnani 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.

The dugout30 Dec 2030

Kian Leonardi frozen out at Pieta Hotspurs

This is not rotation. Kian Leonardi has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Pieta Hotspurs is pretending otherwise.

Boardroom30 Dec 2030

Embargo at Pieta Hotspurs

No fees may be paid for anybody, whatever the squad needs. Every rumour about this club until it lifts is a rumour about a deal that cannot be done.

In brief