Ben Smith

Left Forward - Waitakere United U20
22 Feb 2028
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33 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad15 Mar 2027

Ben Smith damages knee ligaments — 21 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 21 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.

Squad15 Mar 2027

Tempers go at Waitakere United

Tommy Payne 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 Mar 2027

Brahim Sabaouni 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.

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32 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad8 Mar 2027

Ben Smith damages knee ligaments — 28 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 28 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.

Boardroom8 Mar 2027

Callum Bell has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Waitakere United can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Nhlonipho Mtshali 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.

In brief