Malta next. Senglea Athletics won the Second Division, followed by Gzira United – both teams won promotion.
The tine First Divison nevertheless had two hopeless outsiders – Marsa ended last with 3 points and Birkirkara finished 7th with 5 points. Relegated both and their presence relaxed the stable league members. Valletta FC had strangely weak season, finishing 5th with 13 points. Hamrun Spartans took bronze medals with 15 points. Only two teams competed for the title, head and shoulders above the rest , losing among themselves just a single match. The loss went to Sliema Wanderers, which at the end finished 2nd with 23 points. However, they had the best defense this season, allowing only 8 goals in the 14 championship rounds. The new champions did not lose any game, but won 12 and tied 2, scoring the most goals in the league – 34, and second-best defense, allowing 10 goals. At the end of the championship, there was a gap of three points between them and Sliema Wanderers. It was the spring match against Sliema Wanderers, which secured them the title and gave the only loss to Sliema.
Hibernians (Paola) celebrating their victory over Sliema Wanderers and along with that, their 5th title. No wonder both players and fans were all smiles.
The Cup final opposed Floriana to Senglea Athletics. Floriana did not have a strong season, but still was tiny bit stronger than the Second Division leaders and clinched 2-1 victory.
Not an easy victory, but enough for Floriana’s 15th Cup.
Senglea Athlerics deserves a special mentioning. Even in weak football countries like Malta there are ‘big’ and ‘small’ clubs on one hand, and on the other hand, second division clubs almost winning a trophy are rare too, as everywhere else. Senglea Athletics were perhaps the first lower division team to claim the Cup – they failed, but they won the Second Division, thus moving up to the top league.
Second Division champions and Cup finalists – Senglea Athletics in their finest season.