Stefan Buttigieg

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The St. Andrews Sentinel

6 Aug 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market6 Aug 2035

Oussama Benhaoua asks to leave St. Andrews

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad6 Aug 2035

50 days out for Nathan Zerafa after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. St. Andrews will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad6 Aug 2035

Oussama Benhaoua 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.

The dugout6 Aug 2035

Dennis Debattista frozen out at St. Andrews

This is not rotation. Dennis Debattista has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at St. Andrews is pretending otherwise.

Squad6 Aug 2035

Nolan Bresson in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at St. Andrews this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets6 Aug 2035

A loan move for Andrew Wright is in the works

St. Andrews have made the call to Hibernians. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets6 Aug 2035

A loan move for Glenn Xerri is in the works

St. Andrews have made the call to Birkirkara. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Market6 Aug 2035

The Owen Mason question follows St. Andrews around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Owen Mason’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout6 Aug 2035

Stefan Buttigieg asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

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The St. Andrews Sentinel

4 Jun 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom4 Jun 2035

St. Andrews spell it out for Interim Coach

The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Interim Coach has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.

Market4 Jun 2035

Oussama Benhaoua 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 St. Andrews, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market4 Jun 2035

Nicholas Hawkins has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around St. Andrews they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Transfer targets4 Jun 2035

Owen Ferreira is a medical away from St. Andrews

The deal with Floriana is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

The dugout4 Jun 2035

Ensell Attard frozen out at St. Andrews

This is not rotation. Ensell Attard has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at St. Andrews is pretending otherwise.

Squad4 Jun 2035

Tempers go at St. Andrews

Oussama Benhaoua 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.

Squad4 Jun 2035

Words at St. Andrews training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hafiz Mohammed Akadom 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.

Market4 Jun 2035

Stefan Buttigieg steps up from the St. Andrews academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Buttigieg 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.

Market4 Jun 2035

One of our own: Patrick Brincat joins the St. Andrews first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Brincat is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief