The Vittoriosa Stars Sentinel
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Julius Babatola frozen out at Vittoriosa Stars
This is not rotation. Julius Babatola has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Vittoriosa Stars is pretending otherwise.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Samuel Boakye 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
Birkirkara tell Vittoriosa Stars: 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Vittoriosa Stars
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dyghana was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match28 Aug 2027
A bad afternoon for Vittoriosa Stars against Melita
1‑2 to Melita, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market30 Aug 2027
One of our own: George Ellul joins the Vittoriosa Stars first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. George Ellul is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market30 Aug 2027
One of our own: Julian Attard joins the Vittoriosa Stars first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Julian Attard is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market30 Aug 2027
Vittoriosa Stars promote Oliver Sultana from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oliver Sultana 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 Noel Zammit steps up from the Vittoriosa Stars academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Klevi Totoshi
- Boardroom A promise the Vittoriosa Stars board did not keep