New MFA initiatives give public incentive to watch national team matches

The first of these will be free entrance to the South Side of the Ta' Qali National Stadium which has a capacity of 4000 seated spectators, making this section a popular area which will be behind the South End Core group of supporters, thus creating a warm and colourful atmosphere during the match. The public will be able to enter the stadium on a first-come-first-served basis for Malta's first home Euro Group match against Latvia on the 7th September, kick-off 19.30 hrs.

The other initiative will be an invitation extended to children and youths participating in different sports disciplines to enter free of charge at the Millennium Stand. Mr Vassallo also announced that the MFA member clubs will be allotted a number of tickets, another initiative which should provide an incentive to member clubs. He also said that in due course the MFA will be announcing other incentives for domestic competitions.

Meanwhile, tickets to the West and Millennium Stands will be available. These will be selling at 15 Euro for the central sectors, A,B, and C in the West Stand, and 8 Euro in the Millennium Stand. Tickets will also be available from different familiar outlets including the MFA Offices and the MFA Gym, Millennium Stand, Ta' Qali. On match day tickets will only be sold from the stadium selling points prior to kick-off and depending on availability.

The other selling points will be Geraldu Kiosk, Valletta, Lion King Stationery, Pieta, Teamsport, Iklin, Star Tourism, Bugibba, Eros Stationery, Paceville, Go Outlets, Bay Street, Naxxar and Paola, PAVI (Qormi), Melita Outlets, Embassy (Valletta), Malta International Airport (Gudja), Head Offices (Imriehel)

Mark Muscat, MFA National Teams PR also addressed the Press Conference, giving statistical details of Malta' previous matches against Israel and Latvia, saying that the last result against Isreal was an encouraging 2-2 draw, with the scorers being Michael Mifsud and David Carabott, while against Latvia we also had some positive results.

Louis Agius, co-ordinator South End Core group of supporters was presented with a national team vest by the MFA CEO. He thanked the association for this gesture and appealed to the Maltese public to attend in huge numbers and give due support to our team.

John Buttigieg spoke of the impending first matches ahead, reiterating that these commitments will definitely be difficult matches. Nevertheless, our players should put in their maximum effort, which pre-supposes full concentration throughout the 90 minutes and an ability by the boys to retain possession of the ball. He hoped that his players will be able to put up creditable performances in both matches.