Chris Sutton

Left Forward - Waitakere United
3 Oct 2026
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Marked for Chris Sutton

9 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market28 Sep 2026

Jai De Vries 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 The request is on a desk at Waitakere United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Joe Waine is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Waitakere United

Chris Sutton 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.

In brief

Back issues
8 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Sep 2026

Jake Kirwan is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Chris Sutton 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.

Squad21 Sep 2026

James Rufer has improved at 24, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

In brief

6 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market7 Sep 2026

Marco Lockyer 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Monty Singh is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Chris Sutton 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.

Market7 Sep 2026

Monty Singh attracts admirers

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

Squad7 Sep 2026

Serge Daura 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Ben Smith stays put

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

In brief

5 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad31 Aug 2026

Monty Just damages knee ligaments — 20 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 20 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market31 Aug 2026

Jai De Vries 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Serge Daura 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