Sam Lockyer

Left Midfielder - WaiBOP United
16 Mar 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Sam Lockyer

24 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

7 matches without a win for WaiBOP United

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around WaiBOP United are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Jai Cacace keeps WaiBOP United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Oliver McCowatt 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.

Player ratings

Liberato Barbarouses in the eights

A performance of 9.22 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Cameron Tuiloma

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Honours even between WaiBOP United and Southern United

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

Back issues
18 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Oliver McCowatt 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for WaiBOP United against Team Wellington

0‑1 to Team Wellington, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Cameron Tuiloma

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

WaiBOP United count the cost of losing Dale Marshall

39 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Sam Lockyer

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Loan watch

Deklan Waine has seen enough of Auckland City

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at WaiBOP United, and 0 appearances in 14 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

9 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Oliver McCowatt 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Oliver McCowatt

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Loan watch

Dane Lockyer wants to come home

“I did not go to Newcastle Jets to sit and watch. I want to come back to WaiBOP United and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

In brief

8 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

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

Squad

WaiBOP United lose Kosta Stamatelopoulos

30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Francis Lockyer 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.

In brief