The WaiBOP United Gazette
Market24 Aug 2026
Tommy Tuiloma 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 The request is on a desk at WaiBOP United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Too dear: WaiBOP United walk away from Jordan Vale
$47.0K was the most the club would pay and Auckland City were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Door shut on Angus Kilkolly
WaiBOP United asked and Auckland City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at WaiBOP United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alex Payne was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at WaiBOP United
Bill Tuiloma and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad24 Aug 2026
James Sutton signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” James Sutton commits to WaiBOP United for another 3 years.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Monty Smith
- The dugout James Sutton asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Tommy Tuiloma
- Squad Noah McCowatt is the talk of the training ground