Month

December 2017
30
Dec
2017

Christmas glee as teens win Algeciras trophy

A mixed Europa Under-16 and Under-18 team beat Algeciras club Rayo Piñera 3-1 in a Christmas tournament to take the trophy. Club coaches Darren Celecia and Daniel Izquierdo looked on as the teenagers turned on the style after a 20 day break to record an encouraging result against our neighbours. “We fielded a mixed team...
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29
Dec
2017

Mikey scores on return from injury in 2-1 Costa win

Young Gibraltarian striker Mikey Yome got a crucial goal against Spanish third division San Pedro UD as the first team won 2-1 in our latest friendly on Thursday evening. The result – which saw Alex Quillo score the other goal – was a big boost to Yome as the highly-rated striker continues his road to...
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23
Dec
2017

Parrado: Friendly wins ‘reflect our ambition’

Europa kept up their winning run in two friendlies at clubs from the surrounding region over the last week before Christmas. But first team manager Jonathan Parrado – who saw star striker Kike fire a hattrick against both CD Guadiaro and CD San Roque – said that keeping up the momentum was the most important...
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18
Dec
2017

Festive cheer at youth level

While the first team might have put their season on hold as the new main pitch is installed at the Victoria Stadium, the youngest Europa players have still been in action. With a week to go for Christmas, the children that represent our great club have been putting in the extra effort to improve their...
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04
Dec
2017

Europa Masbro Insurance U14s get first win of the season [corrected]

Our boys did well to win 5-1 against a talented Gibraltar Under-16 girls national development squad. Chris Edwards said he was impressed with the opposition: “The GFA U16 Girls’ Team were very well drilled and for the first five minutes it felt a bit like Halloween had come a few weeks late with the fear...
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04
Dec
2017

Greens consolidate second place with big win as Sykes scores again

There was an air of expectation in the air as we sat to enjoy the Europa vs Gibraltar United match, the shadows being cast across the pitch almost symbolizing its imminent replacement. Our second place at this stage of the season reflected that while things weren’t going as well as last season, they were much...
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03
Dec
2017

Kike looks to end first round of league season with a bang

In-form Kike is the man Gibraltar United would have to tame if they were going to take anything from Europa in the 4:30pm kickoff. The striker – who is recapturing his form in front of goal after his brace against Mons Calpe last week – told us he was eager for more. “Against Mons Calpe...
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01
Dec
2017

Kike and Garro pull off strong win in front of international TV

It might have been coldest evening of this winter so far, but that did not stop League Champions Europa continuing in the same red hot form they had been in for the last few games. It all started with Toni Garcia Montero – playing in the left-wing position – getting our first serious chance of...
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