The Zebbug Rangers Gazette
Squad28 Sep 2026
The knee: Joseph Willy out for 101 days
101 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Zebbug Rangers lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Zebbug Rangers's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Zebbug Rangers has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Zebbug Rangers
Cassius 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.
Match26 Sep 2026
Mtarfa take the points off Zebbug Rangers
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Jordan Sciberras
“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.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Thomas Tegwi
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Gabriel Calleja: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Looking ahead28 Sep 2026
A reunion for Jan Tanti
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Santa Lucia in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Squad28 Sep 2026
João Victor still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Zebbug Rangers would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
In brief
- The dugout Jordan Sciberras left out for tactical reasons at Zebbug Rangers
- The dugout Jean Claude Debattista knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Nikita Sednev has settled at Zebbug Rangers