The Waitakere United Sentinel
Market30 Nov 2026
Hamza Asrir 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 The request is on a desk at Waitakere United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Ben Fenton breaks a bone — 67 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 67 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Marco Colvey 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 Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hamza Asrir 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.
Match28 Nov 2026
Waitakere United get the job done against Southern United
A 2‑1 win over Southern United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces30 Nov 2026
The crowd has taken to Joe Barbarouses
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Joe Barbarouses was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.19. 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 ratings30 Nov 2026
A masterclass from James Lockyer
Marked 8.09 — 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Matt Smith gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Loan watch Joe Kirwan wants to come home
- Player ratings Haruna Attah runs at them all day
- Market The shop window has Owen Bell in it