Sam Boxall

Right Midfielder - Waitakere United
23 Jan 2027
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Marked for Sam Boxall

7 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Sep 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Oliver Waine

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

Squad14 Sep 2026

A late step up for Stefan Smith

At 29 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oliver Kirwan 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.

In brief

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4 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Aug 2026

Sam Boxall puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Waitakere United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market24 Aug 2026

Waitakere United sell Deklan Garbett for $44.0K

Deklan Garbett has left for WaiBOP United in a $44.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Oliver Kirwan 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

Ryan Stamatelopoulos 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 Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Oliver Lewis

“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.

Market24 Aug 2026

Matt Wood is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Waitakere United has been clear about where Matt Wood stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

3 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tommy Lewis 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 Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oliver Kirwan 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.

Market17 Aug 2026

Deklan Garbett attracts admirers

The name of Deklan Garbett has come up in conversations Waitakere United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Tommy Lewis

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tommy Lewis, and the manager let it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tim Reid stays put

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

Market17 Aug 2026

No place for Sam Reid in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Sam Reid has his answer from Waitakere United; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

2 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Francis Boxall 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 Waitakere United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Ryan Stamatelopoulos signs on for more

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

Oliver Lewis 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 Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief