The Auckland FC Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Joel Anasmo turns down Auckland FC
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jake Brimmer signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jake Brimmer commits to Auckland FC for another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Auckland FC rebuffed over Joel Fameyeh
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Puskas Akademia have kept their man, and Auckland FC go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Brandon Kennedy steps up from the Auckland FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Brandon Kennedy 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Patrick Gibson steps up from the Auckland FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Gibson 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Auckland FC promote Travis Bell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Travis Bell has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jason Moore joins the Auckland FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jason Moore is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Jake Brimmer
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jake Brimmer, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Mick Crnac behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Auckland FC will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- Squad A wage question at Auckland FC
- Squad An aura around Lachlan Bayliss