Deklan Just

Striker - Waitakere United
15 Dec 2027
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72 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

Chris Reid runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 40. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Joe Payne damages knee ligaments — 33 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 33 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

Francis Wood scores twice — 8.29

Two goals and a mark of 8.29 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market13 Dec 2027

Deklan Just 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.

Player ratings13 Dec 2027

Age has not caught Bill Cacace yet — 7.89

At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.89 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Match11 Dec 2027

Waitakere United make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Waitakere United have 4 straight wins of it.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Owen Reid says Waitakere United went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Tempers go at Waitakere 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.

Match11 Dec 2027

Waitakere United see off Hawke's Bay United

Three points for Waitakere United, 3‑2 the final word against Hawke's Bay United in a contest settled by the finer margins.

In brief

Back issues
68 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad15 Nov 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Alex Barbarouses

15 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Waitakere United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market15 Nov 2027

Deklan Just 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.

Squad15 Nov 2027

Tempers go at Waitakere 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.

Squad15 Nov 2027

Alex Barbarouses gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad15 Nov 2027

Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Owen De Vries 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.

Match13 Nov 2027

Point won or two lost for Waitakere United?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Auckland City? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

In brief

64 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad18 Oct 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Alex Barbarouses

43 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Waitakere United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market18 Oct 2027

Deklan Just 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.

Player ratings18 Oct 2027

Age has not caught Bill Cacace yet — 7.95

At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.95 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad18 Oct 2027

Tempers go at Waitakere 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.

Boardroom18 Oct 2027

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Waitakere United

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Match16 Oct 2027

Waitakere United come up short against Team Wellington

Team Wellington left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market18 Oct 2027

One of our own: Tommy Waine joins the Waitakere United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tommy Waine is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market18 Oct 2027

One of our own: Joe Singh joins the Waitakere United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joe Singh is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market18 Oct 2027

Monty Waine steps up from the Waitakere United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Monty Waine has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief

62 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match4 Oct 2027

Waitakere United are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 20 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market4 Oct 2027

Ben Fenton 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.

Squad4 Oct 2027

Bill Cacace signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bill Cacace commits to Waitakere United for another 2 years.

In brief

41 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 May 2027

Alex Barbarouses 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.

Squad10 May 2027

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 Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad10 May 2027

Deklan Just signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Deklan Just commits to Waitakere United for another 3 years.

In brief

36 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market5 Apr 2027

Alex Barbarouses 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.

Squad5 Apr 2027

Deklan Just says Waitakere United went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad5 Apr 2027

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 Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief