Alex Smith

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3 Oct 2027
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58 Edition

The Navua Chronicle

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad6 Sep 2027

Filipe Baravilala breaks a bone — 19 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 19 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad6 Sep 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Patrick Hughes

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

Match1 Sep 2027

The cup run ends for Navua

0‑1 against Rewa, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Match1 Sep 2027

No end in sight to Navua's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Navua has to find a result from somewhere.

Market6 Sep 2027

Samir Hussain has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Navua they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Jovilisi Borisi 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 Navua this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Voniani Smith stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Voniani Smith and Navua agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings6 Sep 2027

Sylvester Siaw runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 9. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market6 Sep 2027

Alex Smith joins Navua on a free

No fee and no drama: Alex Smith has signed at Navua, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

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Back issues
55 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom16 Aug 2027

The scrutiny sharpens at Team Wellington

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Team Wellington is running low.

Squad16 Aug 2027

James Cacace signs a new deal

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

Squad16 Aug 2027

Real improvement from Jake Van Hattum at Team Wellington

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jake Van Hattum is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

In brief

1 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Alex Barbarouses pulls a muscle — 17 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 17 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Team Wellington

James Cacace 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

Words at Team Wellington training over how hard people work

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

Squad3 Aug 2026

James Colvey signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” James Colvey and Team Wellington agree another 2 years.

Market3 Aug 2026

Eyes on Jake Cacace again

The phone has started ringing about Jake Cacace again, and this time the name on the line is Melbourne Victory. Team Wellington are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market3 Aug 2026

No place for Clayton Van Hattum in the plan

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

In brief