Stefan Sutton

Left Midfielder - WaiBOP United
6 Aug 2028
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70 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match27 Nov 2027

Nowhere to hide for WaiBOP United

1‑5 against Team Wellington, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Squad29 Nov 2027

A fracture rules Callum McCowatt out for 31 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason WaiBOP United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market29 Nov 2027

Rian Miziar 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 WaiBOP United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad29 Nov 2027

Tim Nelson 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.

Match27 Nov 2027

No end in sight to WaiBOP United's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at WaiBOP United has to find a result from somewhere.

Match27 Nov 2027

No clean sheets in sight for WaiBOP United

6 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.

Match27 Nov 2027

6 goals as WaiBOP United and Team Wellington go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between WaiBOP United and Team Wellington, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Squad29 Nov 2027

James Stamatelopoulos 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.

Squad29 Nov 2027

Rian Miziar 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.

In brief

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18 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad30 Nov 2026

A one-man rearguard from Tim Nelson

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Ryan Nelson scores twice — 8.54

Two goals and a mark of 8.54 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market30 Nov 2026

Deklan Waine asks to leave WaiBOP 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.

Match28 Nov 2026

Ryan Nelson among the goals in a wild afternoon

8 goals in one match, Ryan Nelson on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of WaiBOP United and Team Wellington.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Ryan Nelson 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.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. James Stamatelopoulos 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.

Squad30 Nov 2026

No hiding place for James Reid

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to James Reid, and the manager let it.

Match28 Nov 2026

Honours even between WaiBOP United and Team Wellington

4‑4, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Stefan Sutton changes it off the bench

He was not in the side at half past three and he had settled it before five. Half an hour, and WaiBOP United had a different afternoon.

In brief