Alex Bell

Central Defender - Waitakere United
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Marked for Alex Bell

6 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad7 Sep 2026

107 days out for Kai Johnston after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Waitakere United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market7 Sep 2026

Tim Fenton asks to leave Waitakere United

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Window shuts: 8 in, 1 out at Waitakere United

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 8 arrived, 1 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Waitakere United

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

Squad7 Sep 2026

a squad player out for 34 days

The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for a squad player, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

Stefan Colvey gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad31 Aug 2026

Kai Johnston breaks a bone — 114 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 114 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market31 Aug 2026

Alex Bell hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Waitakere United can pretend not to have heard.

Market31 Aug 2026

Only the photograph left for Bill Lockyer

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Bill Lockyer will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Waitakere United the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tim Barbarouses in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Jake Fenton 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Marco Kirwan signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marco Kirwan commits to Waitakere United for another 3 years.

In brief

4 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Aug 2026

Kai Johnston breaks a bone — 122 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 122 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market24 Aug 2026

Team Wellington come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Waitakere United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market24 Aug 2026

Kosta Garbett hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Waitakere United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tim Barbarouses 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Waitakere United

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

The dugout24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Owen Waine

“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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Marco Sutton signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marco Sutton commits to Waitakere United for another 3 years.

Market24 Aug 2026

Waitakere United put Clayton Lockyer up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Clayton Lockyer may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Marco Kirwan knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Waitakere United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

3 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

Kai Johnston breaks a bone — 129 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 129 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market17 Aug 2026

Bill Lockyer has said yes to Auckland City

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Waitakere United have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Waitakere United

Tim Barbarouses 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.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Sam Rufer

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sam Rufer, and the manager let it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Stefan Colvey 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Oliver Cacace signs on for more

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

Market17 Aug 2026

Deklan Rufer told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Deklan Rufer has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Waitakere United.

Market17 Aug 2026

The clock does Jake Fenton’s negotiating for him

7 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Waitakere United could ask drops and the wages Jake Fenton can ask rise.

Market17 Aug 2026

The shop window has Alex Bell in it

Waitakere United have let the market know Alex Bell can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief