The Waitakere United Sentinel
Match17 Oct 2026
Waitakere United taken apart
0‑3 to Team Wellington, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
The terraces19 Oct 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The step up is real for Alex Van Hattum
At 17 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Callum Smith 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A late step up for Jake Colvey
At 26 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom19 Oct 2026
5 academy graduates step up at Waitakere United
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Waitakere United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bill Waine was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market19 Oct 2026
One of our own: Callum Waine joins the Waitakere United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Callum Waine is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Oct 2026
One of our own: Owen Just joins the Waitakere United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Owen Just is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Waitakere United promote Stefan Reid from within
- Market Cameron Garbett steps up from the Waitakere United academy
- The dugout Ryan Lockyer gets it from the manager