However, they managed to keep their 3rd Division standing till the 1955–56 season, where they had to play a relegation decider against Lija Athletic when they found themselves last place in Section A.

Since this game drew 2–2 a replay was scheduled, but for some reason Ghaxaq never showed up and Lija Athletic got the walkover.

However, the players who competed in that match were later on part of the essential formation of the team which gave Ghaxaq much gratification in the following years.

The players who featured most in this achievement were brothers Joe and Gwido Aquilina, Leli Cristiano and Joseph Agius.

As part of the Valletta team he won several honours like Premier league (First Division @ that time) top scorer with the same goals as Leonard(Nardu) Farrugia (15) and can be considered as the most prominent player who came out of Ghaxaq.

At the end of the season they were relegated and little by little the team slipped to the bottom ranks of the general championship.

The gap between them and the rest of the teams was so wide that they ended the season with a twelve-point advantage over Qormi, who classified second.

While Xaghjra Tornadoes, who qualified to First Division at the same time, went on to win the championship and find their place in the Premier League, Ghaxaq FC did exactly the opposite.

With just 9 points gained out of 18 matches played, they ended up at the bottom of the final classification and found themselves once again in the Second Division.

as it saw them gaining promotion from the third division, it was more than a decade since the village of Hal-Ghaxaq saw some movement and celebrations regarding football.

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