The Pieta Hotspurs Herald
Squad12 Jul 2027
A fracture rules Marcinho out for 109 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Pieta Hotspurs will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
The paperwork begins on Jamie Wähling
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Pieta Hotspurs have done the hard part with Hibernians, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Pieta Hotspurs
Felippe Santana and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Pieta Hotspurs rebuffed over Bokamoso Taukobong
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hamrun Spartans have kept their man, and Pieta Hotspurs go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market12 Jul 2027
Pieta Hotspurs promote Mark Barbara from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Barbara 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Raymond Grima joins the Pieta Hotspurs first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Raymond Grima is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: George Scerri joins the Pieta Hotspurs first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. George Scerri is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Jul 2027
Pieta Hotspurs promote Timothy Cauchi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timothy Cauchi 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.
Boardroom12 Jul 2027
133% of the income goes out in wages at Pieta Hotspurs
Every club in football 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 somebody has tried it.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Felippe Santana
- Squad Luca Gatt falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout Kaydon Catania gets picked when it counts