The Waitakere United Sentinel
Market11 Jan 2027
Bill Lockyer puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Waitakere United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market11 Jan 2027
Waitakere United say no — this time
The offer from Team Wellington for Bill Lockyer was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Aitor Morcillo 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.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Door shut on Liberato Garbett
Waitakere United asked and Canterbury United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match9 Jan 2027
Waitakere United get the job done against Auckland City
A 2‑1 win over Auckland City, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Loan watch11 Jan 2027
a squad player wants to come home
“I did not go to Team Wellington to sit and watch. I want to come back to Waitakere United and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Bill Lockyer was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.81. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Kosta Van Hattum has improved at 24, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ilisoni Lolaivalu is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad Noah Stamatelopoulos signs a new deal
- Transfer targets Waitakere United ask about Lucas González
- Transfer targets Waitakere United try to borrow Ryan Wood