Clayton Lockyer

Goalkeeper - Waitakere United U20
4 Dec 2026
Friday
Process

Marked for Clayton Lockyer

4 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

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.

Market

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.

Market

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

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 dugout

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.

Squad

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.

Market

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 dugout

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

Back issues
3 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

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.

Market

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.

Squad

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 dugout

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

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.

Market

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.

Market

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.

Market

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

1 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Clayton Lockyer 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Waitakere United

Jai Bell 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.

Squad

Liberato De Vries signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Liberato De Vries commits to Waitakere United for another 2 years.

Transfer targets

Bradford City tell Waitakere United: Ibou Touray 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.

Squad

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.

Market

Talks stall between Waitakere United and Jake Fenton

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief