The Team Wellington Gazette
Market17 Aug 2026
Dane Stamatelopoulos puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Team Wellington, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Team Wellington
Willem Ebbinge 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Liberato Stamatelopoulos 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
Dane Just pulls a muscle — 14 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Liberato Kirwan signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Liberato Kirwan commits to Team Wellington for another 3 years.
Market17 Aug 2026
No place for Owen Stamatelopoulos in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Owen Stamatelopoulos has his answer from Team Wellington; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market Bill McCowatt placed on the list
- Market The clock does Bill McCowatt’s negotiating for him