Bill Boxall

Right Wingback - WaiBOP United
25 Jan 2027
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Marked for Bill Boxall

25 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

No sign of nerves from Callum Sutton at 19 — 9.05

The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Callum Sutton did not need any: 9.05, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market18 Jan 2027

Francis Bell asks to leave WaiBOP 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.

Market18 Jan 2027

WaiBOP United say no — this time

The offer from Auckland City for Jake Kirwan was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Match16 Jan 2027

WaiBOP United find a way past Team Wellington

Team Wellington made WaiBOP United work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Joe Boxall 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.

The terraces18 Jan 2027

WaiBOP United supporters have found a favourite in Callum Sutton

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Callum Sutton has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

One of those days for Bill Cacace

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.15, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad18 Jan 2027

The team sheet said everything about Bill Boxall

Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Bill Boxall.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Stefan 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.

In brief

Back issues
20 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings14 Dec 2026

Callum Sutton, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 8.73

A mark of 8.73 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Jai Smith keeps WaiBOP United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Cameron Payne signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Cameron Payne and WaiBOP United agree another 4 years.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Francis Garbett 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 WaiBOP United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces14 Dec 2026

WaiBOP United supporters have found a favourite in Jai Smith

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Jai Smith has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match12 Dec 2026

Kosta Stamatelopoulos the difference as WaiBOP United beat Canterbury United

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Kosta Stamatelopoulos. 2‑0 against Canterbury United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief

13 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Both of them Callum Sutton's — 9.07

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.07, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near Bill Cacace

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Francis Garbett 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.

Match24 Oct 2026

Callum Sutton the difference as WaiBOP United beat Canterbury United

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Callum Sutton. 2‑0 against Canterbury United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joe Boxall 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.

Loan watch26 Oct 2026

Callum Barbarouses counts the days

“I watch every WaiBOP United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Canterbury United runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief

12 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Callum Sutton could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 8.84

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 8.84, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A one-man rearguard from Jai Smith

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Winston Just 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Bill Cacace 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A late step up for Bill Boxall

At 31 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Bill Cacace runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom19 Oct 2026

Graduation day at WaiBOP United

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Match17 Oct 2026

Callum Sutton the difference as WaiBOP United beat Hawke's Bay United

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Callum Sutton. 3‑1 against Hawke's Bay United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces19 Oct 2026

The crowd has taken to Callum Sutton

At 19 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

In brief

3 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

Michael De Vries breaks a bone — 50 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 50 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market17 Aug 2026

WaiBOP United say no — this time

The offer from Hawke's Bay United for Matt Colvey was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Bill Cacace 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 WaiBOP United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief