Ghajnsielem F.C. | History & Statistics

1971/72 RECORD

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1st DIVISION STANDINGS

Għajnsielem F.C. statrted the season well with two wins from as many games. But a winless stretch of five matches left them hopelessly behind in the middle of the table. This was not championship football and with three matches to go this looked like mission impossible. Għajnsielem were three points behind leaders Oratory Youths, two points behind second-placed Victoria Hotspurs and one point above Xewkija Tigers. First up were Oratory Y. Għajnsielem subdued the leaders and beat them 2-0. Għajnsielem then overcame Xewkija 3-1 but their joy was restrained by Oratory Youths’ victory over Victoria Hotspurs that same week-end. Oratory Youths now simply needed to hold their nerve and beat S.K. Calypsians on the last day of the season. But the Youths chocked and were beaten by S.K. Calypsians who needed the points to avoid last place and automatic relegation to the second division. The finale to the season, the clash between the Blacks and the Reds assumed the nature of a decider. Loreto Galea won it for Għajnsielem with a header from a Vincent Cutajar corner 15 minutes from time. Għajnsielem duplicated their performance in the cup competitions from the previous season. They lost to Oratory Youths in the semi-final for the Galea Cup. They beat three different opponents on course to their third consecutive treble of cup wins: S.K. Calypsians in the Esso Cup, Oratory Youths in the British American Insurance Cup and Xagħra United in the Independence Cup.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Għajnsielem F.C.	10	5	3	2	12	7	13
Oratory Youths	10	4	4	2	13	9	12
Victoria Hotspurs	10	4	3	3	9	8	11
S.K. Calypsians	10	2	4	4	6	10	8
Nadur Youngsters	10	1	6	3	6	7	8
Xewkija Tigers	10	3	2	5	11	16	8

RESULTS & SCORERS

Date	Competition	Rd.	Venue	Opponent	Score		Scorers

17/10/1971	Galea Cup	S/F	Silver Jubilee Ground	Oratory Youths	1-1	2-3p	Vincent Cutajar	1

31/10/1971	First Division	1	Silver Jubilee Ground	Nadur Youngsters	2-1	-	Vincent Cutajar	1
							Vincent Galea	1

21/11/1971	First Division	1	Silver Jubilee Ground	S.K. Calypsians	1-0	-	Toni Cauchi	1

19/12/1971	First Division	1	Silver Jubilee Ground	Oratory Youths	1-1	-	Vincent Cutajar	1

02/01/1972	First Division	1	Silver Jubilee Ground	Victoria Hotspurs	0-1	-

30/01/1972	First Division	1	Silver Jubilee Ground	Xewkija Tigers	1-2	-	Lorry le Provost og	1

20/02/1972	Esso Cup	S/F	Silver Jubilee Ground	Nadur Youngsters	1-1	5-3p	Vincent Cutajar	1

12/03/1972	First Division	2	Silver Jubilee Ground	Nadur Youngsters	0-0	-

19/03/1972	Esso Cup	F	Silver Jubilee Ground	S.K. Calypsians	1-0	-	Pawlu Debono	1

02/04/1972	First Division	2	Silver Jubilee Ground	S.K. Calypsians	1-1	-	Raymond Buttigieg	1

16/04/1972	First Division	2	Silver Jubilee Ground	Oratory Youths	2-0	-	Vincent Cutajar	2

23/04/1972	First Division	2	Silver Jubilee Ground	Xewkija Tigers	3-1	-	Vincent Cutajar	1	missed pen
							Raymond Buttigieg	1
							Loreto Galea	1

30/04/1972	First Division	2	Silver Jubilee Ground	Victoria Hotspurs	1-0	-	Loreto Galea	1

21/05/1972	British American Cup	F	Silver Jubilee Ground	Oratory Youths	4-0	-	Raymond Buttigieg	1
							Vincent Cutajar	1	(pen)
							Vincent Galea	1
							Loreto Galea	1

01/06/1972	Independence Cup	S/F	Silver Jubilee Ground	S.K. Calypsians	3-0	-	Pawlu Debono	1
							Toni Cauchi	1
							Vincent Galea	1

04/06/1972	Independence Cup	F	Silver Jubilee Ground	Xagħra United	3-0	-	Nikol Cutajar	1	(pen)
							Vincent Cutajar	1	missed pen
							Karmenu Caruana	1

ROLL CALL

ROLL OF HONOUR

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GL	W%	D%	L%
Buttigieg, Raymond	15	9	3	3	24	9	3	60%	20%	20%
Caruana, Karmenu	15	10	3	2	24	7	1	67%	20%	13%
Cauchi, Francis	16	10	3	3	25	9		63%	19%	19%
Cauchi, Toni	16	10	3	3	25	9	2	63%	19%	19%
Cutajar, Karmnu	4	1	1	2	3	4		25%	25%	50%
Cutajar, Nikol	16	10	3	3	25	9	1	63%	19%	19%
Cutajar, Vincent	15	10	3	2	24	7	9	67%	20%	13%
Debono, Pawlu	6	5	1	0	15	2	2	83%	17%	0%
Galea, Alfred	3	1	1	1	2	2		33%	33%	33%
Galea, Loreto	13	8	2	3	20	8	3	62%	15%	23%
Galea, Paul	2	1	0	1	2	2		50%	0%	50%
Galea, Vincent	14	10	3	1	24	6	3	71%	21%	7%
Grech, Raymond	1	1	0	0	1	0		100%	0%	0%
Grech, Teddy	1	1	0	0	3	0		100%	0%	0%
Rapa I, Joe	16	10	3	3	25	9		63%	19%	19%
Schembri, George	16	10	3	3	25	9		63%	19%	19%
Xuereb, Karmnu	8	5	2	1	14	4		63%	25%	13%
Xuereb, Ray	1	0	0	1	0	1		0%	0%	100%
Xuereb, Salvinu	9	6	2	1	14	5		67%	22%	11%
Zerafa, Joe	1	0	0	1	0	1		0%	0%	100%
Zerafa, John	2	1	0	1	3	3		50%	0%	50%
Zerafa, Tony	2	1	0	1	1	1		50%	0%	50%
le Provost, Lorry og							1

Leagues
	Champions	Runners-up
First Division	Għajnsielem F.C.	Oratory Youths
Second Division	Xagħra United	Sannat Lions
Reserves	Victoria Hotspurs	Għajnsielem F.C.
Under/16	Għajnsielem F.C.	Oratory Youths
Cups
	Winners	Finalists
Galea Cup	Oratory Youths	Xewkija Tigers
Esso Cup	Għajnsielem F.C.	S.K. Calypsians
Independence Cup	Għajnsielem F.C.	Xagħra United
British Am. Ins. Cup	Għajnsielem F.C.	Oratory Youths
Civic Council Cup I	Victoria Hotspurs	Oratory Youths
British Am. Ins. Shield	Xagħra United	Sannat Lions
Civic Council Cup II	Sannat Lions	Xagħra United
Awards
Good Conduct Cup	Xagħra United
G.F.A. F.O.Y.	George Grech	S.K. Calypsians