Gilbert Mintoff

Left Wingback - Zebbug Rangers
29 Apr 2029
Sunday
Process

Marked for Gilbert Mintoff

50 Edition

The Zebbug Rangers Gazette

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Dylan Agius puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zebbug Rangers, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

Fee done, terms next for Gilson Costa

Zebbug Rangers and Mosta have settled on $60.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Squad

Remember the name: Luciano Junior

He is 20, he is averaging 7.11, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Squad

Home is on Bady'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; Zebbug Rangers are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

Bady wants one last season at home

Every long career reaches the week the last one is thought about. He would like it to be where he started, and Zebbug Rangers know now that the thought has arrived.

Squad

Tempers go at Zebbug Rangers

Bady 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.

Market

Antonio Farrugia steps up from the Zebbug Rangers academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Antonio Farrugia has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Zebbug Rangers promote Gilbert Mintoff from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gilbert Mintoff 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

Ian Micallef steps up from the Zebbug Rangers academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ian Micallef has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief