The Zebbug Rangers Gazette
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Zebbug Rangers
Luciano Junior and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words at Zebbug Rangers training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Denis Ssorin 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Dennis Psaila steps up from the Zebbug Rangers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dennis Psaila 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Tristan Dimech joins the Zebbug Rangers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tristan Dimech is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
John Mercieca steps up from the Zebbug Rangers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Mercieca 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Emanuel Buttigieg joins the Zebbug Rangers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Emanuel Buttigieg is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
A loan move for Sevan Gigantino is in the works
Zebbug Rangers have made the call to Tarxien Rainbows. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Zebbug Rangers ask about Alhassance Bamba
A loan enquiry to Sliema Wanderers: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
When it matters, Luciano Junior plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- The dugout Denis Ssorin knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Ayrton Attard is not doing himself any favours
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Joshua Gaku