Lolly Borg
Emmanuel Borg, better known as Lolly Borg (23 October 1931 – 10 October 2020) was a Maltese football player and manager. He was the cousin of Lolly Debattista, another famous Maltese player, and he is currently regarded as one of the most representative players of Maltese football, as a one-club man he spent his whole career playing as a forward for Floriana. Career Player Club Borg made his debut on 1947, when he was just 16, coming from Floriana Ajax, a youth team that was annexed by Floriana. He spent his whole career as a player in the club, leading the team to 7 Premier League titles and 8 Maltese FA Trophies from 1947 to 1963. He also received the Maltese Player of the Year award in 1962, and was top-scorer of the Maltese League twice (1952 and 1955). International Borg played eight times for the Maltese national football team, including the first ever match against Austria played on 24 February 1957, that was also his first international match. His first ...
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Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies south of Sicily (Italy), east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The official languages are Maltese and English, and 66% of the current Maltese population is at least conversational in the Italian language. Malta has been inhabited since approximately 5900 BC. Its location in the centre of the Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, with a succession of powers having contested and ruled the islands, including the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Aragonese, Knights of St. John, French, and British, amongst others. With a population of about 516,000 over an area of , Malta is the world's tenth-smallest country in area and fourth most densely populated sovereign cou ...
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Maltese Player Of The Year
The Maltese Player of the Year Award is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in Maltese football. The award has been presented since the 1954–55 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (MFA). The first winner of the award was Floriana Floriana ( mt, Il-Furjana or ''Il-Floriana''), also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the South Eastern Region area of Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta. It has a population of 2,205 as of March 2014. Floriana ... player Lolly Debattista, and the current holder is Jurgen Degabriele of Hibernians. Winners Breakdown of winners Winners by club References {{DEFAULTSORT:Maltese Player Of The Year Footballers in Malta Awards established in 1954 1954 establishments in Malta Maltese awards Annual events in Malta Association football player n ...
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1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 †...
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1961–62 Maltese Premier League
The 1961–62 Maltese First Division was the 47th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesMalta - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1961-62 Maltese Premier League Maltese Premier League seasons Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ... Premier ...
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1957–58 Maltese Premier League
The 1957–58 Maltese First Division was the 43rd season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesMalta - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1957-58 Maltese Premier League Maltese Premier League seasons Malta Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

1952–53 Maltese Premier League
The 1952–53 Maltese First Division was the 38th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesMalta - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1952-53 Maltese Premier League Maltese Premier League seasons Malta Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

1950–51 Maltese Premier League
The 1950–51 Maltese First Division was the 36th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesMalta - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1950-51 Maltese Premier League Maltese Premier League seasons Malta Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

1949–50 Maltese Premier League
The 1949–50 Maltese First Division was the 35th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesMalta - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1949-50 Maltese Premier League Maltese Premier League seasons Malta Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

1972–73 Maltese Premier League
The 1972–73 Maltese First Division was the 58th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 10 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship. League standings Second Place tie-breaker With both Sliema Wanderers and Hamrun Spartans level on 25 points, a play-off match was conducted to qualification for the UEFA Cup Results External linksMalta - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1972-73 Maltese Premier League Maltese Premier League seasons Malta Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

1969–70 Maltese Premier League
The 1969–70 Maltese First Division was the 55th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesMalta - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1969-70 Maltese Premier League Maltese Premier League seasons Malta Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

Tunisia National Football Team
The Tunisia national football team ( ar, منتخب تونس لكرة القدم; ) represents Tunisia in men's international association football. The team is a member of both FIFA and CAF, the Confederation of African Football. It is governed by the Tunisian Football Federation, founded in 1957. Colloquially known as the Eagles of Carthage, the team's colours are red and white, and the bald eagle is its symbol. Most of Tunisia's home matches are played at the Stade Olympique de Radès in Radès since 2001. Jalel Kadri has been coaching the team since 30 January 2022. Tunisia have made six FIFA World Cups and twenty Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, and participated in four editions of the Olympic football tournaments. Tunisia qualified for the 1978 World Cup, when it became the first African and Arab team to win a World Cup match by defeating Mexico. Though Tunisia is one of the most competitive African national teams in international football, having won one African Cup o ...
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