The Vittoriosa Stars Sentinel
Match9 Jan 2027
18 matches without a win for Vittoriosa Stars
The run now stands at 18, and the questions being asked around Vittoriosa Stars are no longer polite ones.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Roni Santos is a medical away from Vittoriosa Stars
The deal with Birkirkara 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Jamie Wähling 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 Vittoriosa Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Valletta tell Vittoriosa Stars: Stephen Xerri is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match9 Jan 2027
Renan Bigode’s goal not enough for Vittoriosa Stars
Renan Bigode scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Birzebbuga St. Peter's, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Samuel Boakye
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Glenn Azzopardi to a room that had heard them before.
Market11 Jan 2027
No place for Steve Schembri in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Steve Schembri has his answer from Vittoriosa Stars; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Kenley Scerri is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
In brief
- The dugout Sebastian Cassar Torreggiani knocks on the manager’s door
- Player ratings Julius Babatola was unplayable
- Market Samuel Boakye linked with a move away