The Naxxar Lions Post
Squad28 Aug 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Neil Pace Cocks
19 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Naxxar Lions lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match26 Aug 2028
No end in sight to Naxxar Lions's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Naxxar Lions has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Yeangel Montero runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Cedric 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 Naxxar Lions this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Aug 2028
A late step up for Gabriel Costa
At 30 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Naxxar Lions
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.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Christian Gauci stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Christian Gauci and Naxxar Lions agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match26 Aug 2028
Mosta take the points off Naxxar Lions
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market28 Aug 2028
Naxxar Lions promote Robert Tabone from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Robert Tabone 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 Steve Tabone steps up from the Naxxar Lions academy
- Market Naxxar Lions promote Samuel Ellul from within
- Market Naxxar Lions promote Ryan Attard from within