The WaiBOP United Gazette
Market24 Aug 2026
$27.0K — a new record at WaiBOP United
No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.
Market24 Aug 2026
Clayton Waine 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Sboniso Xulu 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 WaiBOP United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
$27.0K for Michael Rufer, and WaiBOP United supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Michael Rufer from Team Wellington for $27.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Squad24 Aug 2026
James Colvey 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
The manager makes an example of Jake Wood
“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.
In brief
- Squad Michael Colvey signs on for more
- Market No place for Stefan Payne in the plan