Alex Reid

Central Midfielder - Waitakere United
29 May 2027
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35 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad29 Mar 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Deklan Bell

83 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Waitakere United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The terraces29 Mar 2027

Anger at Waitakere United spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Squad29 Mar 2027

Words exchanged at Waitakere United

Winston Wood and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad29 Mar 2027

Callum Singh falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout29 Mar 2027

Dane Singh frozen out at Waitakere United

This is not rotation. Dane Singh has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Waitakere United is pretending otherwise.

Squad29 Mar 2027

Owen Sutton signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Owen Sutton and Waitakere United agree another 3 years.

In brief

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31 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad1 Mar 2027

The knee: Francis Sutton out for 15 days

15 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Waitakere United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The terraces1 Mar 2027

Anger at Waitakere United spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

Callum Lockyer says Waitakere United went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Tempers go at Waitakere United

Matt Garbett was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Callum Singh is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

Dane Singh frozen out at Waitakere United

This is not rotation. Dane Singh has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Waitakere United is pretending otherwise.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

The manager makes an example of Monty Rufer

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad1 Mar 2027

A step back for Dane Singh at Waitakere United

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

Alex Reid has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Waitakere United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

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20 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Dec 2026

A falling-out at Waitakere United

Winston Wood and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Callum Singh falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Loan watch14 Dec 2026

Francis Singh counts the days

“I watch every Waitakere United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Team Wellington runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Player ratings14 Dec 2026

Matt Garbett runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match12 Dec 2026

Waitakere United see off Team Wellington

Three points for Waitakere United, 1‑0 the final word against Team Wellington in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Match14 Dec 2026

Waitakere United at the halfway mark

Half the programme played, position 5, 6 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.

Player ratings14 Dec 2026

Nobody on the pitch touched Joe Colvey

7.87, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Waitakere United had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

The dugout14 Dec 2026

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Joe Boxall, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Joe Colvey scores his first for Waitakere United

The one goal every signing is asked about until it comes. It has come, and a press-conference question has been retired.

In brief

17 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match18 Nov 2026

Alex Reid sends Waitakere United through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Alex Reid obliged against Southern United. 4‑2 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Waitakere United.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

A debut Jacob Thompson will not forget — 7.95

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 7.95 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Match23 Nov 2026

Waitakere United sink to position 6

3 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

Alex Reid scores twice — 7.88

Two goals and a mark of 7.88 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Winston Wood keeps Waitakere United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad23 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Waitakere United

Matt Garbett and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match18 Nov 2026

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Waitakere United and Southern United in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Squad23 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Waitakere United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Callum Singh was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces23 Nov 2026

Waitakere United supporters have found a favourite in Dane Singh

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Dane Singh has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

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