the maltese national water polo team that took part in the 1936 olympic games in berlin included six players from the neptunes’ side. these were franz wismayer, jimmy chetcuti, joe albanese, wilfred and babsie podestà and alfred lanzon. efforts to stage the 1936 championship officially on the national team's return from berlin proved futile, as other clubs did not relish facing neptunes with the aforementioned olympians in their side. in the 1930s, neptunes won the league championship on the four occasions they took part in. that was in 1933, 1934, 1937 and 1938. they also won the first championship organised after the war in 1945. so one can freely claim that neptunes won five consecutive first division league titles!