The St. Andrews Sentinel
Player ratings12 Feb 2035
Matthew Debattista scores twice — 8.02
Two goals and a mark of 8.02 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad12 Feb 2035
A falling-out at St. Andrews
Joseph Kakara and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match10 Feb 2035
St. Andrews get the job done against Pieta Hotspurs
A 3‑1 win over Pieta Hotspurs, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2035
Door shut on Glenn Xerri
St. Andrews asked and Birkirkara said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad12 Feb 2035
A row about effort at St. Andrews
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hafiz Mohammed Akadom was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market12 Feb 2035
One of our own: Nicholas Ellul joins the St. Andrews first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicholas Ellul is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Feb 2035
One of our own: Peter Aquilina joins the St. Andrews first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Aquilina is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Feb 2035
St. Andrews promote Nicholas Attard from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicholas Attard 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 Feb 2035
St. Andrews promote Samuel Ellul from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Ellul 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.
In brief
- Match Pieta Hotspurs blown away early
- Player ratings One of those days for Dennis Debattista
- The dugout No hiding place for Nicholas Hawkins