The WaiBOP United Gazette
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
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.
Match18 Nov 2026
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 ratings23 Nov 2026
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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
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.
Market23 Nov 2026
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 ratings23 Nov 2026
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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
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.
Match18 Nov 2026
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
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Michael Lewis
- Squad Ben Rufer gets it from the manager
- Player ratings Noah Stamatelopoulos in the eights