The WaiBOP United Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Waitakere United come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and WaiBOP United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Alfie Rogers will not be coming to WaiBOP United
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Auckland City is saying, and nobody at WaiBOP United is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Chris Colvey signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Chris Colvey and WaiBOP United agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at WaiBOP United
James Waine 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
WaiBOP United rebuffed over Jordan Vale
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Auckland City have kept their man, and WaiBOP United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Chris Colvey 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Alfie Rogers is in the works
WaiBOP United have made the call to Auckland City. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Tommy Payne
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tommy Payne, and the manager let it.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
James Waine knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and James Waine trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market 12 months and counting on Noah Smith
- Market WaiBOP United put Tommy Cacace up for sale
- Squad Questions about Kosta De Vries on the training pitch