The WaiBOP United Gazette
Market7 Sep 2026
Ryan Singh hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WaiBOP United can pretend not to have heard.
Market7 Sep 2026
Ryan Just’s move to Auckland City falls through
The deal that would have taken Ryan Just to Auckland City has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to WaiBOP United with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 9 in, 0 out at WaiBOP United
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 9 arrived, 0 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Chris Tuiloma is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad7 Sep 2026
WaiBOP United lose Sam Boxall
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tim Just 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.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Tim Just
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at WaiBOP United
Cameron Wood was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Chris Singh 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 WaiBOP United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market WaiBOP United put Stefan Fenton up for sale
- Market The window shut and Chris Rufer is still in the building
- The dugout The manager comes out for Marco Colvey