The Waitakere United Sentinel
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
- Market Still no ink between Waitakere United and Mark Baker
- Market Monty Reid arrives on loan