The Adelaide United Chronicle
Squad26 Oct 2026
8 saves: Joshua Smits was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
Graduation day at Adelaide United
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match24 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Adelaide United against Central Coast Mariners
0‑2 to Central Coast Mariners, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Gabriel Cléùr
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gabriel Cléùr, and the manager let it.
Market26 Oct 2026
Keanu James steps up from the Adelaide United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Keanu James 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Tim Bennett steps up from the Adelaide United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tim Bennett 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Panagiotis Kikianis 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.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Bryce Morgan: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Dylan Pierias
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Looking ahead Jay Barnett goes back to face Melbourne Victory
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Luke Duzel
- The dugout Benjamin Mazzeo knocks on the manager's door