Noah Stamatelopoulos

Left Wingback - WaiBOP United
3 Jan 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Noah Stamatelopoulos

22 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for WaiBOP United

Beaten 1‑4 by Auckland City, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Match

No end in sight to WaiBOP United's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at WaiBOP United has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Deklan Cacace 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 The request is on a desk at WaiBOP United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Ben Rufer

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Noah Stamatelopoulos

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Joe Just 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 WaiBOP United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

Back issues
17 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Mauricio Felipe runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

WaiBOP United through in the cup

A 4‑3 win over Team Wellington, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Player ratings

Both of them Michael Lewis's — 8.83

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.83, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad

A fracture rules Owen Singh out for 28 days

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

Market

Tommy Lockyer asks to leave WaiBOP United

“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.

Player ratings

Age has not caught Dane Colvey yet — 8.12

At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.12 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad

Chris Waine: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WaiBOP United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Joe Just 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.

Match

Michael Lewis among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Michael Lewis on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of WaiBOP United and Team Wellington.

In brief