Dane Lockyer

Left Forward - Auckland City
19 Sep 2026
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Marked for Dane Lockyer

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The Auckland City Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Aug 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Sebastián Ciganda

56 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Auckland City lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market24 Aug 2026

Jeremy Foo has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Auckland City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Auckland City

David Yoo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Leicester City tell Auckland City: Jake Evans is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Matt Ellis 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.

Market24 Aug 2026

Eyes on Paris Domfeh again

The phone has started ringing about Paris Domfeh again, and this time the name on the line is Canterbury United. Auckland City are listening politely and promising nothing.

In brief

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The Waitakere United Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Aug 2026

Ben Van Hattum asks to leave Waitakere 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.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Waitakere United rebuffed over Kosta Lockyer

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hawke's Bay United have kept their man, and Waitakere United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Waitakere United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bill Stamatelopoulos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Noah McCowatt gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Waitakere United

Ryan Bell 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.

Market24 Aug 2026

Waitakere United and Callum Colvey are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Ryan Fenton asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Questions about Bill Lockyer on the training pitch

The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.

Market24 Aug 2026

Dane Lockyer leaves on loan

Dane Lockyer joins Auckland City on loan in search of the minutes he could not find at Waitakere United.

In brief

3 Edition

The Auckland City Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Terms done: Jeremy Foo is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Canterbury United waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Auckland City is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Dane Lockyer is a medical away from Auckland City

The deal with Waitakere United is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Auckland City

David Yoo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Auckland City rebuffed over Dani Ángel

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sabadell have kept their man, and Auckland City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Auckland City

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Matt Ellis was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Auckland City try to borrow Deklan Kirwan

WaiBOP United have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Market17 Aug 2026

Auckland City and Nathan Lobo are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Nathan Lobo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Auckland City, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market17 Aug 2026

Alfie Rogers placed on the list

Auckland City have made Alfie Rogers available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

  • Squad The training reports on Jeremy Foo are not good
  • Market Adam Bell goes looking for football
3 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Owen Stamatelopoulos turns Southern United down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market17 Aug 2026

Dane Lockyer has said yes to Auckland City

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Waitakere United have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Waitakere United

Bill Stamatelopoulos and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Waitakere United rebuffed over Winston Waine

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Canterbury United have kept their man, and Waitakere United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Marco 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.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Bill Stamatelopoulos

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market17 Aug 2026

Still no ink between Waitakere United and Jake Cacace

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Waitakere United, another week without a signature from Jake Cacace.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Noah Waine stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Noah Waine and Waitakere United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Noah Waine asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief