The Zebbug Rangers Gazette
Squad14 Feb 2033
Thomas Tegwi breaks a bone — 21 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 21 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad14 Feb 2033
7 saves: Harry Lee was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad14 Feb 2033
A falling-out at Zebbug Rangers
Fabian Salmon and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match12 Feb 2033
Belinga Omgba’s goal not enough for Zebbug Rangers
Belinga Omgba scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Melita, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market14 Feb 2033
David Dimech steps up from the Zebbug Rangers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Dimech 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.
Market14 Feb 2033
Lawrence Calleja steps up from the Zebbug Rangers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lawrence Calleja 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.
Market14 Feb 2033
David Fenech steps up from the Zebbug Rangers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Fenech 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.
Market14 Feb 2033
One of our own: Simon Bajada joins the Zebbug Rangers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simon Bajada is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad14 Feb 2033
Serxhio Xhika falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Jorginho
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Wilfried Bilongo is still paying for one afternoon at Zebbug Rangers