Official Transfers

So... yesterday night the official transfers have been listed.. Most of them had been gossiped about so they were not so much of a surprise. But for those that don't have ears near the Qala S.J. committee it was quite a surprise cause they just thought that we were going to play with just a couple of players from the village.. But as usual, we proved them wrong..

So this is what I think will be the new squad..

Well, there will be Nigerian Dom(Ini)c Aktpan(he's known with us gozitans as Ini but his real name is Dominic.. lol..) between the goal posts as the last round a half last year.. Us fans will be looking forward to his trademark back flips that he used to do..

Then, as defenders there will be local boy Glenn Cefai with his usual gr8 saves and Brian Portelli that returns to the team for another year, but although on loan, he plays his usual best..

Paul Camilleri, more known as Pawlu, has decided to stay on the team for his third consecutive year..

For this year, the local goalkeeper Kenny Grima was swapped with a player that had been in the team last year, that is Dione Lautier. Kenny will be playing with Orathory Youths for a one-year term.

After only a year's term with Qala S.J., we had to say good bye to Congolese midfielder Rufin Oba. He was loved by everyone, but not always everything that the fans want happens. But taking his place will be ex-Xewkija Tigers Andreas Fotso. This 23-year-old player was one of the best players Xewkija had last year before going back to the Second Division.

Another player that was got from Nadur Youngsters was Charlie Attard. He played with Qala last year for half the season. My ex-neighbour did really well last year and we all hope that he does the same this year..

Then there are the Qala boys.. There is Mario Mifsud who won the best player last year; Mark Bonello and Dennis Abela. I think they will continue to play.. I also hope that Joseph Xerri, more known as ix-Xerri, will continue to play even though he is now in his 35th year..

Two local boys that I did not think that they were training with the big boys were Clayton Caruana and Bradley Hili.. But they had always shown that they were good in this game.. I can talk about Bradley most because since we were in school he was always one of the best in this game..

One has to keep in mind that the transfer window is still open.. so.. never think that Qala S.J. are finished doing their work..

Cya at the ground and tc..

Cups fixtures

Well, these are the fixtures for the cups for the team.. Will give the First Division League fixtures later on..

• The first game of the season is a friendly against Xewkija Tigers on Friday 31st August, 2007 at 6pm.
• Then there are the cups. For the Independence Cup, we are going to play the first game in the semifinal.. no quarter finals for us.. It's gonna be on the 9th of September either against Kercem Ajax or Ghajnsielem.. Then if we win the semi final, (which i wish we do) we will play in the final against either Nadur Youngsters or Sannat Lions or Victoria Hotspurs or Xaghra United.. The final will be held on the 21st of September, 2007.
• For the GFA Cup, we will be playing the preliminary game against St. Lawrence Spurs on the 14th of October, 2007. Then in the quarter finals, always if we pass, (which i think we will), we will play against either Zebbug Rovers or Munxar Falcons *wink*.. Then, always if we pass, we will play against either Kercem, Savina, Gharb or Oratorju.. Till now all the teams were quite easy, but then in the final we would have to face the First Division teams.. They would be either Hotspurs or Xaghra or Nadur or Xewkija or Sannat.

I think that Qala have a really good chance that maybe we can see one of these Cups at the clubhouse near Gnien il-Familja..

That's all for now.. Cya at the game next Friday..

Welcome

So, my name is Loren Buttigieg from Qala and I have decided to do this blog about the best football team on Earth, or it is at least for me and other people who support this great team. The team is called Qala St. Joseph Football Club. The team is named after the village it comes from and after the patron of this small village, that is St. Joseph.

The football season is going to start in about 2 weeks, so in this time I will be giving updates about which players have joined and the others that have left.. You will even hear about some gossip that is going around.. So.. take time to check regularly.. Lol..

That's all for now. Btw.. Qala S.J. have the first match this coming Friday at 6pm against Xewkija Tigers. It's a friendly but it still is important cause we will see who the new players are..

Cya at the ground.. Tc..