Alex Just

Left Midfielder - Waitakere United
29 May 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Alex Just

18 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Words exchanged at Waitakere United

Matt Garbett and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Stefan Reid signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Stefan Reid commits to Waitakere United for another 3 years.

Squad

A row about effort at Waitakere United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Callum Singh was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Deklan Bell

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

The dugout

Matt Garbett has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Waitakere United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Squad

Alex Just is the weekend's best young player

At 17 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.

In brief

Back issues
17 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Alex Reid sends Waitakere United through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Alex Reid obliged against Southern United. 4‑2 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Waitakere United.

Player ratings

A debut Jacob Thompson will not forget — 7.95

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 7.95 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Match

Waitakere United sink to position 6

3 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Player ratings

Alex Reid scores twice — 7.88

Two goals and a mark of 7.88 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad

Winston Wood keeps Waitakere United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

A falling-out at Waitakere United

Matt Garbett and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Waitakere United and Southern United in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Squad

A row about effort at Waitakere United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Callum Singh was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces

Waitakere United supporters have found a favourite in Dane Singh

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Dane Singh has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief