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by Clint Camilleri

During these Covid times, which aren’t easy for anyone, our Club Premises have been closed most of the time. The Committee did not stop working towards our Club and kept meeting online every month.

We want to thank Fr. Anthony C. Ferrante, as he has informed us about stepping down from Club Chaplain due to personal reasons. Fr. Anthony celebrated our masses every February & November and also had an article in this magazine. We want to thank Fr. Anthony for the commitment shown towards our Club. Thank You!

The Committee has called paid up club members to attend an Extraordinary General on Friday 18th June 2021 at 7 pm at the Club to seek approval from those present for a two-month extension to the Statutory obligation to hold an Annual General Meeting by the end of July. The members present permitted us to move the AGM to September. Joseph Tedesco also informed the members about the Manchester United visit to Malta which unfortunately had to be cancelled.

On the 1st July 2021, we have celebrated 25 years since Sir Alex Ferguson opened the Msida premises with a video split into two parts showcasing every event we have hosted in Msida during these past years. For those who haven’t seen it yet, I urge you to browse over our YouTube page named MUSC Malta.

The Committee is humbled after ‘The Balcony Sponsor Scheme’ announced in May/June was a huge success. Many members came back to us and sent their donations which we as a committee are using to renovate our Club. The Club façade renovation and the entrance, including the stairs walls works are now ready. We have also replaced all ACs with new ones apart from the big one near the souvenir shop, which still serves its purpose.

In August, some 30 supporters from around the world have visited our Club. The grandsons of the great Jimmy Murphy, Paul & Stephen, have donated a framed coin found in the belongings of Duncan Edwards in the Munich Air Crash in 1958. I urge you to come to our premises and see it. Other gifts were exchanged with the Austrian branch. The Committee decided to organize some events for these supporters, which included a day by the pool, a boat trip around Comino and St. Paul’s Islands and a day in Gozo where we visited the Ggantija Temples, Cittadella, Marsalforn, the MUSC Malta Gozo Branch and finished off the day with a delicious dinner at The Grand Hotel in Mgarr.