The Waitakere United Sentinel
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Waitakere United
Bill Colvey 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Team Wellington watching Owen Bell
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Waitakere United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Waitakere United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Francis Bell was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Matt Sutton signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Matt Sutton and Waitakere United agree another 2 years.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Waitakere United ask about Jeremy Foo
A loan enquiry to Auckland City: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Deklan Van Hattum is in the works
Waitakere United have made the call to Hawke's Bay United. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- The dugout Winston Colvey asks for a word with the manager
- Market Liberato Kirwan told to find a new club
- Squad Winston Colvey takes the armband
- Market Waitakere United put Chris Nelson up for sale