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Edition
The WaiBOP United Gazette
3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Aug 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Michael Wood 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on Jai Payne again
The phone has started ringing about Jai Payne again, and this time the name on the line is Auckland City. WaiBOP United are listening politely and promising nothing.
In brief
- Squad Noah Smith signs on for more
- Squad Deklan Just asks for a word with the manager
- Market Tim Bell is free to find somewhere else
- Market WaiBOP United shop where it costs nothing