The WaiBOP United Gazette
Market24 Aug 2026
WaiBOP United make Liberato Kirwan the dearest name in their history
$54.0K. Fees like that buy a footballer and rent a debate: every touch will be measured against the number for a season at least.
Market24 Aug 2026
Callum Wood 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
WaiBOP United say no — this time
The offer from Auckland City for Ryan Waine was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Kwenzakwenkosi Mbatha 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.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
$54.0K for Liberato Kirwan, and WaiBOP United supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Liberato Kirwan from Waitakere United for $54.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Francis De Vries 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.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at WaiBOP United
- Squad Liberato Kirwan banks a contract that will last him
- Market Stefan Payne goes out on loan