Joe Sutton

Striker - Waitakere United U20
20 Nov 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Joe Sutton

100 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Joe Sutton breaks a bone — 18 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Tempers go at Waitakere United

Sam McCowatt 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Michael Colvey

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Michael Colvey, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
99 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

19 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Waitakere United

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Match

Waitakere United are in real trouble now

Position 5, 10 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

The terraces

The mood at Waitakere United has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Squad

Joe Sutton breaks a bone — 25 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 25 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Michael Tuiloma has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Waitakere United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Tempers go at Waitakere United

Tim Kirwan 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.

In brief