The Waitakere United Sentinel
Market30 Nov 2026
Michael Cacace 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Alex Van Hattum 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.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Noah Singh
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Loan watch30 Nov 2026
Sam Rufer counts the days
“I watch every Waitakere United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Team Wellington runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match28 Nov 2026
Honours even between Waitakere United and Southern United
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
When it matters, Alex Van Hattum plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Liberato Lockyer was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Waitakere United dressing room was either.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Alex Cacace 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.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Bill McCowatt knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Waitakere United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Noah Singh
- Squad Noah Singh is off the mark for Waitakere United
- Loan watch 5 goals on loan for Jake De Vries