Peter Grima

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119 Edition

The Tarxien Rainbows Courier

6 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The terraces

Anger at Tarxien Rainbows spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Squad

Jacques Bayo signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jacques Bayo and Tarxien Rainbows agree another 3 years.

Squad

Patrick Schmidt 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 Tarxien Rainbows this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Tarxien Rainbows see off Sliema Wanderers

Three points for Tarxien Rainbows, 1‑0 the final word against Sliema Wanderers in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Match

Tarxien Rainbows at the halfway mark

Half the programme played, position 8, 12 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.

Player ratings

Patrick Schmidt stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.96 on the card, and the Tarxien Rainbows support went home talking about one name.

Squad

Peter Grima named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Peter Grima is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Jonathan Scerri kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

Market

Talks stall between Tarxien Rainbows and Kwasi Donsu

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

Back issues
76 Edition

The Tarxien Rainbows Courier

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Marko Musulin agrees terms with Marsaxlokk

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Tarxien Rainbows people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Match

Tarxien Rainbows are in real trouble now

Position 10, 20 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Market

Marko Musulin 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 Tarxien Rainbows can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout

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Squad

Words at Tarxien Rainbows training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marko Musulin is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

Tarxien Rainbows promote Peter Grima from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Grima 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.

Market

Tarxien Rainbows promote Timothy Portelli from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timothy Portelli 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Tarxien Rainbows against Marsaxlokk

0‑1 to Marsaxlokk, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

Érico Júnior gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief