The WaiBOP United Gazette
Market3 Aug 2026
Sam McCowatt 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 The request is on a desk at WaiBOP United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sam De Vries signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sam De Vries and WaiBOP United agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at WaiBOP United
Jai Singh and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on Keanu Johnston again
The phone has started ringing about Keanu Johnston again, and this time the name on the line is Western Sydney Wanderers. WaiBOP United are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at WaiBOP United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tommy Kirwan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
WaiBOP United try to borrow Paris Domfeh
Auckland City have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- The dugout Sam Singh knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Is this Sam De Vries’s last season?
- Market The shop window has Tim Payne in it