December 1998

Thu 31

• Under 16 Winter Junior Tournament - Israel Malta vs Israel 0-4

Wed 30

• Trofeo Malta Malta League XI vs Juventus FC (Italy) 1-5
• Under 16 Winter Junior Tournament - Israel Malta vs Sweden 0-8
• The MFA Disciplinary Commissioner suspended the following players: Kevin Farrugia (Pietà - 3 matches), Roger Walker (Hibs - 2 matches)together with Richard Buhagiar and Brian Said (both Floriana), Vesko Petrovic (Rabat) and Djorde Pintac (Sliema) for one match.

Sun 27

• Premier League clubs are trying to create an association within the MFA (a sort of Football League which would be however within the association) that runs the Premier League and all that concerns Premier clubs. This is one of the proposals included in a memorandum which will be discussed with MFA President Dr Joe Mifsud. Other proposals include the increase of the number of foreigners in the Premier League from three to five and the increase of the per cent share from gate-money from 60 to 80.
• Premier League Birkirkara vs Naxxar L. 5-1, Hamrun S. vs Hibernians 1-3
• Division 1 Lija A. vs Mosta 3-0, Tarxien R. vs St. Andrews 0-2
• Division 2/3 Knock-Out Quarter Finals Gzira U. vs Sta. Venera L. 4-0, Attard vs Qormi 1-4 after extra time
• Gozo - Premier Nadur Y. vs Xaghra U. 4-4, Victoria H. vs Sannat L. 2-7

Sat 26

• Premier League Rabat A. vs Floriana 1-1, Sliema W. vs Pietà H. 4-2
• Division 2/3 Knock-Out Quarter Finals Fgura U. vs Dingli S. 0-2 (after extra time), Marsaxlokk vs Melita 0-5
• Gozo - Division 2 Gharb R. vs Munxar F. 2-0, St. Lawrence S. vs Marsalforn SP 8-2

Thu 24

• Malta's Under 16 National team will be travelling to Israel for the annual Under 16 tournament which will be held next week. The other teams which will take part besides Malta and Israel are Switzerland, Cyprus and Sweden.

Sun 20

• Premier League Pietà H. vs Birkirkara 0-2, Hibernians vs Sliema W. 0-0
• Division 1 St. Andrews vs Marsa 1-4, Gozo vs Mellieha 3-1, Xghajra T. vs Zurrieq 2-2
• Division 2 Dingli S. vs Gzira U. 0-2, Ghaxaq vs Pembroke A. 0-0
• Division 3 Melita vs Gharghur 4-0, Zejtun C. vs Senglea A. 0-1

Sat 19

• Premier League Naxxar L. vs Rabat A. 1-2, St. Patrick vs Valletta 3-4
• Division 2 Sta. Lucia vs Vittoriosa S. 2-0, St. George's vs Marsaxlokk 2-2
• Gozo - Division 2 St. Lawrence S. vs Gharb R. 1-2, Munxar F. vs Oratory Y. 0-5

Fri 18

• Women's League - Division 1 Raiders vs Flroiana 2-0

Thu 17

• The MFA Disciplinary Commissioner suspended three Hamrun players for one match each. These are David Camilleri, Edwin Camilleri and Kevin Sammut. Pietà defender Eric Saliba was also suspended for one match. Meanwhile the six-match suspesion to Michael Spiteri was reduced to a suspension for four matches.
• Women's League - Division 2 Luqa SA vs Racoons 1-1

Wed 16

• Premier League Rabat A. vs Pietà H. 2-1, St. Patrick vs Hamrun S. 1-1
• Gilbert Agius (Valletta) was voted Player of the Month for November 1998.
• The MFA Disciplinary Commissioner suspended Ivan Zammit (Birkirkara), John Buttigieg and Rufen Oba (both Floriana) and Charlie Scerri (Hibs) for one match each.

Mon 14

• Women's League - Division 1 Qormi vs Hiberians 0-7

Sun 13

• Premier League Birkirkara vs Hibernians 1-1, Valletta vs Floriana 4-1
• Division 1 Mellieha vs Lija A. 1-3, Siggiewi vs Tarxien R. 1-3
• Division 2 Zebbug R. vs Sta. Venera L. 1-0, Qormi vs Mgarr U. 2-0
• Division 3 Kirkop U. vs Fgura U. 1-2, Balzan Y. vs Luqa SA 1-2
• Gozo - Premier Victoria H. vs Xewkija T. 3-2, Sannat L. vs Nadur Y. 0-2

Sat 12

• The Premier League matches Rabat-Pietà and St. Patrick-Hamrun were postponed.
• Division 3 Sirens vs Gudja U. 2-0, Ta' Xbiex vs Msida SJ 1-0
• Gozo - Division 1 Ghajnsielem vs SK Victoria W. 4-1, Qala SJ vs Kercem A. 0-5

Fri 11

• Women's League - Division 1 Birkirkara vs Melita 4-0

Thu 10

• The MFA Disciplinary Commissioner suspended Hibs captain Michael Spiteri for six matches after being sent off against Rabat. Another Hibs player, Darren Attard, was suspended for two matches. On the other hand, Roger Walker (Hibs), Michael Farrugia (Rabat) and Konrad Sultana (St. Patrick) received a one-match suspension.

Wed 9

• The following are the Quarter-Finals draws of the Second & Third Division Knock-Out due to be played on the 26th and 27th December: Fgura U. vs Dingli S., Marsaxlokk vs Melita, Gzira U. vs Sta. Venera L. and Attard vs Qormi.
• Friendly Match Malta Under 18 vs Melita Eagles U/20 1-4

Tue 8

• Division 2 Mqabba vs Dingli S. 2-1, Pembroke A. vs Birzebbuga SP 3-1
• Division 3 Attard vs Senglea A. 3-0, San Gwann vs Gharghur 3-0
• Gozo - Premier Nadur Y. vs Victoria H. 2-2, Xaghra U. vs Xewkija T. 1-0
• Gozo - Division 1 Kercem A. vs SK Victoria W. 1-1
• Women's League - Division 1 Floriana vs Qormi 3-0, Mellieha vs Mosta 0-1
• Women's League - Division 2 St. Andrews vs Hamrun S. 7-1
• The Rothmans Trophy matches, Siggiewi-Pietà, Lija-Naxxar, Zurrieq-Marsa and Floriana-St. Andrews have been postponed.

Mon 7

• The following players will be forming part of the Malta League XI which will meet Juventus on the 30th December at 1500hrs. The coaches, Vlado Pejovic (Birkirkara) and Martin Gregory (Sliema) will have these 22 players at their disposal: Barry, Ciantar, Galea, Turner, Busuttil, Pintac, Zammit Fava, Woods, Grima and Sant Fournier (Sliema); Savic, Zahra, Nwoko, Zammit, Cutajar, Brincat, Bencini, Magri Overend, Galea and Suda (Birkirkara); Oretan and Anonam (Naxxar).
• Women's League - Division 1 Melita vs Raiders 4-1

Sun 6

• Premier League Sliema W. vs St. Patrick 7-0, Rabat A. vs Hibernians 2-0
• Division 2 Gzira U. vs Sta. Lucia 2-0, Marsaxlokk vs Ghaxaq 0-0
• Division 3 Luqa SA vs Zejtun C. 1-1, Fgura U. vs Melita 0-0
• Gozo - Division 2 Oratory Y. vs Gharb R. 2-0

Sat 5

• Division 1 Marsa vs Tarxien R. 3-3, Xghajra T. vs Siggiewi 1-1, Zurrieq vs Gozo 1-3, Mosta vs St. Andrews 1-3
• Division 2 Vittoriosa S. vs Sta. Venera L. 1-1, Mgarr U. vs St. George's 0-0
• Gozo - Division 1 Qala SJ vs Zebbug R. 1-5
• Gozo - Division 2 Munxar F. vs Marsalforn SP 3-2

Fri 4

• Floriana's protest regarding the ineligibilty of Hibs' Essie M'Bong was not upheld due to a technical mistake committed by the Greens. Floriana had filed the protest later than 24 hours after the end of the match as it should have been done.
• National coach Josif Ilic included Rabat striker Adrian Mifsud and Naxxar goalie Reuben Debono in the 21-man squad for the friendly match against Bosnia-Hercegovina which will be played on the 20th January. Richard Buhagiar also returns in the squad after undergoing a surgery while Darren Debono was omitted due to a one-match suspension inflicted by UEFA.
• Women's League - Division 1 Hiberians vs Mosta 1-2

Thu 3

• Women's League - Division 2 Luqa SA vs St. Andrews 3-2

Wed 2

• The MFA Disciplinary Commissioner suspended Jonathan Holland and Brian Said (both Floriana) and Charlo Magro (Hamrun) for one match each.
• Friendly Match Malta Under 17 vs Paramatta Melita Eagles U/20 (Australia) 4-1

Tue 1

• It seems that Premier clubs have reached an agreement with regards to the format of next season's Premier League. It will still be based on three rounds but for the third round, clubs will be divided in a Championship and Relegation Pool.