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The Waitakere United Sentinel
31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad31 Aug 2026
Liberato Kirwan damages knee ligaments — 39 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 39 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
Tim Smith 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
Pentjie Zulu 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
- Squad Ubong Williams falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market A long bet from Waitakere United on Tim Boxall
- Squad Noah Just stays put
- Market Callum Stamatelopoulos leaves on loan