The Team Wellington Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Alfie Rogers will not be coming to Team Wellington
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Auckland City is saying, and nobody at Team Wellington is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Team Wellington
Matthew Acton and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Canterbury United tell Team Wellington: Marco Stamatelopoulos is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Noah Reid joins the Team Wellington first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Noah Reid is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Team Wellington promote Michael Payne from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael Payne has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Callum Boxall steps up from the Team Wellington academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Callum Boxall has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kosta Van Hattum steps up from the Team Wellington academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kosta Van Hattum has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Steven Lustica needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Team Wellington know which stage they are at.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Christian Bracco behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Team Wellington will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- Squad 10 new faces, and Team Wellington are still learning each other
- Transfer targets Team Wellington ask about Adam Bell
- Transfer targets Team Wellington ask about Ben Boxall