Ben Nelson

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Marked for Ben Nelson

4 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Aug 2026

Ben Nelson 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 Team Wellington can pretend not to have heard.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Team Wellington

Matt Singh 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Owen Smith 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.

Market24 Aug 2026

Canterbury United watching Cameron Lockyer

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Team Wellington have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Matt Kirwan signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matt Kirwan commits to Team Wellington for another 3 years.

Squad24 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Bill Lewis

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

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Team Wellington turn down Hawke's Bay United for Tommy Just

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Matt Singh 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 Team Wellington this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Team Wellington training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jai 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Francis Nelson

“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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Stefan De Vries stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Stefan De Vries and Team Wellington agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market17 Aug 2026

No place for Joe Barbarouses in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Joe Barbarouses has his answer from Team Wellington; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

1 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Team Wellington

Matt Singh 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Jai Singh signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jai Singh commits to Team Wellington for another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Owen Smith 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.

In brief