Jake Nelson

Left Wingback - Waitakere United
30 Sep 2026
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Marked for Jake Nelson

7 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Sep 2026

Clayton Cacace breaks a bone — 62 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 62 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Real improvement from Jake Nelson at Waitakere United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jake Nelson is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Market14 Sep 2026

Kosta Singh 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 The request is on a desk at Waitakere United, and it is not being withdrawn.

In brief

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5 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad31 Aug 2026

Kosta Kirwan breaks a bone — 91 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 91 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market31 Aug 2026

Lachlan Byrne 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 The request is on a desk at Waitakere United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Jake Nelson 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

2 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Stefan 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Sam Wood stays put

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

Sam Wood 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

1 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Waitakere United

Sam Wood 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Canterbury United watching Bill Garbett

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Waitakere United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jake Nelson 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Waitakere United and Kosta Kirwan are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Sam Wood 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Lachlan Byrne is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Waitakere United has been clear about where Lachlan Byrne stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief