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Edition
The WaiBOP United Gazette
7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market7 Sep 2026
Jai Smith 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Francis McCowatt at WaiBOP United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Francis McCowatt is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Deklan Just 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
- Market Auckland City are about to pick up the phone
- Squad Jai Smith gets it from the manager
- Squad Joe Boxall is not doing himself any favours