The Naxxar Lions Post
Market31 Aug 2026
João Moura asks to leave Naxxar Lions
“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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Vinicius Baiano scores twice — 8.24
Two goals and a mark of 8.24 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Naxxar Lions
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Rosiel 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 Naxxar Lions this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Aug 2026
John Portelli steps up from the Naxxar Lions academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Portelli 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Clive Mifsud steps up from the Naxxar Lions academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Clive Mifsud 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Naxxar Lions promote Oliver Muscat from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oliver Muscat 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Sekala Guehi 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Naxxar Lions refuse to lose to Mosta
A point taken on 86 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Naxxar Lions and Mosta
- Player ratings Rosiel runs at them all day
- The dugout The view from the dugout