The Team Wellington Gazette
Market24 Aug 2026
Tommy Smith 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 Team Wellington can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Willem Ebbinge 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 Team Wellington this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tommy Smith falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Team Wellington
5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tommy Bell signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tommy Bell and Team Wellington agree another 3 years.
Market24 Aug 2026
Stefan Bell told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Stefan Bell has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Team Wellington.
In brief
- Market Team Wellington borrow Owen Payne
- Market Joe De Vries arrives on loan