Noah Sutton

Central Midfielder - Team Wellington
26 Jan 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Noah Sutton

17 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Team Wellington through in the cup

A 3‑2 win over WaiBOP United, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad

Sam Van Hattum keeps Team Wellington in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Tempers go at Team Wellington

Steven Lustica 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.

Match

Whatever happens, Team Wellington do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

The terraces

Team Wellington supporters have found a favourite in Stefan Smith

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Stefan Smith 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.

Match

Team Wellington see off Hawke's Bay United

Three points for Team Wellington, 2‑0 the final word against Hawke's Bay United in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

One of those days for James Singh

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.47, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Stefan Smith was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.18. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Simon Sullivan

Marked 8.11 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Clayton Boxall breaks a bone — 46 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 46 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Noah Sutton asks to leave Team Wellington

“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 Team Wellington

Steven Lustica 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.

In brief

2 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

WaiBOP United come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Simon Sullivan signs a new deal

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

Squad

Tempers go at Team Wellington

Steven Lustica 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

No hiding place for Sam Van Hattum

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

Squad

Words at Team Wellington training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tim Lewis 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.

Market

Canterbury United expected to open talks for Oliver Reid

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Team Wellington will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief