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Nadur Youngsters vs Xewkija Tigers
last game of the 2002/2003 Gozo First Division League
report by Charlie Grech

Nadur Youngsters' game against Xewkija Tigers on May 4th will be the 76th encounter between both sides have met in all competitions. It will also be the match in which the Champions Cup will be presented to the Youngsters, a title they have won after beating Qala St. Joseph.

Nadur Youngsters can boast 34 victories in this fixture compared to the Tigers' 26, with a draw as outcome on the other 15 occasions. The Youngsters have scored a total of 103 goals against Xewkija while they have conceded 75.

Nadur’s biggest ever victory in this fixture was recorded back in March 1995 when the whites left the Gozo Stadium on the back of an impressive 8-0 win, with Karl Zachhau scoring 6. That was the season in which the Youngsters won the League title after a 27 years wait.

The heaviest defeat for the whites against the yellows was back in December 1984, a 6–0 trash.

The game with the highest aggregate score was the 8–0 victory mentioned before.     

The best goal scorer for the Nadur side against Xewkija is Karl Zachhau with 8 goals, 6 in the league and 2 in Cup competitions.

This will be the 3rd league encounter between the Youngsters and the Tigers in this year's league. Nadur lost the first game with a 1-0 score and won the second game with a 2-0 score.  

Interestingly, Nadur are coming from a series of 10 consecutive league-victories. 

 

L

R

D

T

F

K

League

55

27

12

16

83

55

Cup

20

7

3

10

20

20

Total

75

34

15

26

103

75

The 3 draws in Cup Competitions resulted in 2 defeats for Nadur on penalties. The other draw took place in a group-game.

Highest Victory

8-0

Worst Defeat

0-6

Highest Agg. Score

8-0

Results

Consecutive

0-0

7

2-0

10

3-0

3

3-3

1

4-3

1

Wins

4

Without
a Win

9

1-0

22

2-1

13

3-1

4

4-0

1

6-0

2

Draw

3

Without a Draw

9

1-1

4

2-2

3

3-2

2

4-1

1

8-0

1

Defeats

5

Without a Defeat

9

vs Xewkija Tigers

Scorers - Nadur

K

T

Scorers - Nadur

K

T

Scorers - Nadur

K

T

Karl Zachhau

6

2

Joe Muscat Attard

2

-

Saviour Farrugia

1

-

Anthony Portelli

5

2

Salvu C. Refalo

2

-

Joseph Grech

1

-

Tony Borg

3

3

Mario Bonello

2

-

Brian Portelli

1

-

Mario Gauci

4

2

V. K. Dimitrov

2

-

Ilir Pelinku

1

-

Mario Farrugia

3

2

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2

-

Mohamed Bugreen

1

-

Paul Portelli

2

2

Joe Falzon

1

-

Anthony Evi Parker

1

-

Joe Borg

2

2

Loretu Tabone

1

-

Joseph Portelli (k)

1

-

Paul Portelli Rapa

4

-

Joe Muscat Attard

1

-

Do Nascimento

1

-

Joseph Portelli (pb)

4

-

Carmel Portelli Ellul

1

-

Mohamed Bugreen

1

-

Gyorgy Handel

3

1

Joseph A. Abela

1

-

Charlie Attard

1

-

Ridha Dardouri

4

-

Darren Debono

1

-

Joe Muscat Pisani

1

-

Derek Elliot

4

-

Twannie Farrugia

1

-

Tonio Grech

-

1

Eddie Vella

3

-

Paul Camilleri

1

-

Michael C. Portelli

-

1

John A. Abela

2

1

Mario Cutajar

1

-

Andrew Muscat

2

-

Louis Camilleri

2

-

Charlie Saliba

1

-