The Auckland City Post
Market12 Jun 2028
Auckland City say no — this time
The offer from Canterbury United for Nathan Garrow 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.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Joshua Risdon 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 Auckland City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Jacob Addis 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.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Nikko Boxall has improved at 36, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Sam McCowatt gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Sam McCowatt has just signed for Auckland City, and for once the answer mattered.
Market12 Jun 2028
A long bet from Auckland City on Sam McCowatt
He is 19, and nobody at Auckland City signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market Auckland City sign Dane Smith, one for the future
- Market Christian Gray leaves for nothing