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Edition
The Waitakere United Sentinel
24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
Ryan Stamatelopoulos 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 Waitakere United can pretend not to have heard.
Market24 Aug 2026
Ryan Stamatelopoulos attracts admirers
The name of Ryan Stamatelopoulos has come up in conversations Waitakere United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Waitakere United
Ryan Stamatelopoulos 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.
In brief
- Squad Samuel Okon falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market A long bet from Waitakere United on Owen Van Hattum
- Squad James Smith signs on for more
- Squad Owen Van Hattum banks a contract that will last him