The Marsaxlokk Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Matty James
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Marsaxlokk have done the hard part with Wrexham, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Marsaxlokk
Domantas Šimkus 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Marsaxlokk rebuffed over Hazeem Bakre
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Middlesbrough have kept their man, and Marsaxlokk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: George Fenech joins the Marsaxlokk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. George Fenech is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Philip Mangion steps up from the Marsaxlokk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Philip Mangion 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Carlo Brincat steps up from the Marsaxlokk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlo Brincat 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: James Cutajar joins the Marsaxlokk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Cutajar is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Cian Dillon is in the works
Marsaxlokk have made the call to Queens Park Rangers. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rasmus Lindén 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 Marsaxlokk would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
In brief
- Squad Christoffer Mafoumbi is not doing himself any favours
- The dugout The manager comes out for Ulises Arias
- Squad Welcome back, Triston Caruana