Dane Smith

Central Midfielder - Waitakere United
2 Jan 2027
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Marked for Dane Smith

9 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 Sep 2026

A falling-out at Waitakere United

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

Squad28 Sep 2026

Liberato De Vries 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 dugout28 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Ben Singh

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

In brief

  • The dugout Jai Reid asks for a word with the manager
  • Squad Word from the training ground: Dane Smith
  • The dugout The manager comes out for Dane Smith
Back issues
5 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad31 Aug 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Tommy Stamatelopoulos

36 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.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Norwich City tell Waitakere United: Rylee Mitchell 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Adam Bell 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

4 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Aug 2026

Monty Reid 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.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Door shut on Ollie Bostock

Waitakere United asked and West Bromwich Albion said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

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 Cameron Colvey was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Noah Wood 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

Sam Smith 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.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Waitakere United ask about Rylee Mitchell

A loan enquiry to Norwich City: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Waitakere United ask about Michael Lockyer

A loan enquiry to WaiBOP United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Dane Smith 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

Liberato De Vries is not doing himself any favours

A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.

In brief