Following numerous attempts to organise a local football competition and the ever-increasing interest in the game, on 26 October 1907 the Lyceum Football ground was inaugurated in Marsa.[2][3] This was to host the first football league campaign contested by Maltese teams and selections from the military service; the Royal Malta Artillery selection won the competition. This led to the set up of the first league season with all games to be played at the Lyceum Ground.[2]
A total of five teams joined the league and the stipulation was that each team had to provide their own goalposts and nets.[4] The league ended with a two-way tussle between Floriana and Sliema Wanderers, after the latter were awarded a 2–1 win over St. Joseph's United following crowd trouble. In the decider game played on 24 April 1910, Floriana triumphed with a single goal from top scorer Salvu Samuele thereby winning the first edition and being awarded the Daily Malta Chronicle Cup, a cup specifically designed for the occasion.[4]
1909, maltese, premier, league, 1909, maltese, first, division, first, edition, maltese, first, division, precursor, today, premier, league, maltese, first, divisionseason1909, 10championsfloriana, title, matches, played8goals, scored22, match, goalscorersalvu. The 1909 10 Maltese First Division was the first edition of the Maltese First Division the precursor of today s Premier League Maltese First DivisionSeason1909 10ChampionsFloriana 1st title Matches played8Goals scored22 2 75 per match Top goalscorerSalvu Samuele 4 goals 1 1911 12 Contents 1 Overview 2 League table 3 Results 4 References 5 See alsoOverview editFollowing numerous attempts to organise a local football competition and the ever increasing interest in the game on 26 October 1907 the Lyceum Football ground was inaugurated in Marsa 2 3 This was to host the first football league campaign contested by Maltese teams and selections from the military service the Royal Malta Artillery selection won the competition This led to the set up of the first league season with all games to be played at the Lyceum Ground 2 A total of five teams joined the league and the stipulation was that each team had to provide their own goalposts and nets 4 The league ended with a two way tussle between Floriana and Sliema Wanderers after the latter were awarded a 2 1 win over St Joseph s United following crowd trouble In the decider game played on 24 April 1910 Floriana triumphed with a single goal from top scorer Salvu Samuele thereby winning the first edition and being awarded the Daily Malta Chronicle Cup a cup specifically designed for the occasion 4 nbsp nbsp Floriana nbsp Sliema W nbsp St Joseph s U nbsp Valletta nbsp Valletta teamsBoys Empire League Malta Universityclass notpageimage Locations of the 1909 10 Maltese First Division teamsLeague table editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Floriana C 4 4 0 0 6 0 6 8 2 Sliema Wanderers 4 2 1 1 5 2 3 5 3 St Joseph s United 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 4 4 Boys Empire League 4 1 1 2 7 4 3 3 5 Malta University 4 0 0 4 0 12 12 0Source RSSSFRules for classification 1 points C ChampionsResults editHome Away FRN SLM SJU BEL MUN Floriana 1 0 w o 1 0 4 0 Sliema Wanderers 2 1 a 0 0 3 0 St Joseph s United 3 2 w o Boys Empire League 5 0 Malta University Source RSSSFNotes Match was abandoned at 2 1 after crowd invasion and result was kept at this score References edit Malta List of Topscorers RSSSF 7 June 2018 Retrieved 8 September 2018 a b Baldacchino Carmel 6 August 2015 The ground breaking season of 1907 08 Times of Malta Retrieved 15 October 2018 Shadows from the Past Times of Malta 4 August 2005 Retrieved 15 October 2018 a b Baldacchino Carmel 11 October 2007 Daily Malta Chronicle Cup Times of Malta Retrieved 15 October 2018 See also edit1909 in association football 1910 in association football Portals nbsp Association football nbsp Malta nbsp nbsp This article about a Maltese association football competition is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1909 10 Maltese Premier League amp oldid 1142978054, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
