Jake Smith

Goalkeeper - Team Wellington
11 Apr 2027
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Marked for Jake Smith

35 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad29 Mar 2027

A fracture rules Ben Lockyer out for 57 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Team Wellington will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Boardroom29 Mar 2027

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Team Wellington

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

Market29 Mar 2027

Winston Stamatelopoulos 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 The request is on a desk at Team Wellington, and it is not being withdrawn.

In brief

Back issues
21 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Dec 2026

Jai Van Hattum damages knee ligaments — 42 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 42 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad21 Dec 2026

A fracture rules Deklan Stamatelopoulos out for 110 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Team Wellington will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Jake Smith says Team Wellington went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

In brief

10 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Oct 2026

Jai Van Hattum damages knee ligaments — 121 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 121 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market5 Oct 2026

Winston Stamatelopoulos asks to leave Team Wellington

“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.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Real improvement from Jake Smith at Team Wellington

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jake Smith is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

In brief