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69 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad22 Nov 2027

Henry Blackledge is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Henry Blackledge: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Tim Nelson breaks a bone — 71 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 71 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match17 Nov 2027

Nicholas Dmitrović sends Waitakere United through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Nicholas Dmitrović obliged against WaiBOP United. 1‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Waitakere United.

Match22 Nov 2027

Nobody above Waitakere United

First, on 10 points. The table is a fact and a fact is allowed to be enjoyed, which is as far as anybody at the club is prepared to go in public.

Player ratings22 Nov 2027

No sign of nerves from Nicholas Dmitrović at 21 — 7.75

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Nicholas Dmitrović did not need any: 7.75, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market22 Nov 2027

Only the photograph left for Dane Lockyer

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Dane Lockyer will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Waitakere United the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bill Stamatelopoulos 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.

Squad22 Nov 2027

A falling-out at Waitakere United

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

The terraces22 Nov 2027

The crowd has taken to Nicholas Dmitrović

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

In brief

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65 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad25 Oct 2027

Tim Nelson breaks a bone — 99 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 99 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market25 Oct 2027

Dane Lockyer is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Waitakere United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad25 Oct 2027

Noah McCowatt signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Noah McCowatt and Waitakere United agree another 3 years.

Squad25 Oct 2027

Words exchanged at Waitakere United

Bill Stamatelopoulos 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.

Match23 Oct 2027

Bill Stamatelopoulos the difference as Waitakere United beat Hawke's Bay United

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Bill Stamatelopoulos. 1‑0 against Hawke's Bay United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad25 Oct 2027

A row about effort at Waitakere United

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

Player ratings25 Oct 2027

Bill Stamatelopoulos was the difference for Waitakere United

Marked 7.83. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout25 Oct 2027

Dane Lockyer: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.

The dugout25 Oct 2027

Chris Colvey has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Waitakere United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

36 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad5 Apr 2027

Waitakere United count the cost of losing Noah McCowatt

17 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad5 Apr 2027

The step up is real for Callum Kirwan

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad5 Apr 2027

Words exchanged at Waitakere United

Henry Blackledge 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.

Squad5 Apr 2027

Bill Stamatelopoulos 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 dugout5 Apr 2027

When it matters, Chris Colvey plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout5 Apr 2027

Stefan Stamatelopoulos 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.

In brief

32 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad8 Mar 2027

Waitakere United lose Noah McCowatt

47 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout8 Mar 2027

Chris Colvey has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Waitakere United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market8 Mar 2027

The Bill Stamatelopoulos question follows Waitakere United around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Bill Stamatelopoulos’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

4 Edition

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