The Waitakere United Sentinel
Squad24 Aug 2026
Kosta Reid damages knee ligaments — 124 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 124 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market24 Aug 2026
Joel Obi asks to leave Waitakere United
“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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Waitakere United turn down Hawke's Bay United for Joe De Vries
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Joe Stamatelopoulos 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Olanrewaju Ayinla 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Waitakere United lose Michael Smith
40 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
- Market No place for Chris Nelson in the plan
- Market Waitakere United put Winston Smith up for sale