The Auckland City Post
Match16 Oct 2027
Auckland City tear Southern United apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against Southern United, and it could have been more.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
David Yoo scores twice — 8.44
Two goals and a mark of 8.44 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Dylan Manickum says Auckland City 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.
Match16 Oct 2027
Auckland City cannot stop winning
5 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad18 Oct 2027
David Yoo 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 Auckland City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Auckland City
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match16 Oct 2027
Nobody wins at Auckland City
9 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
The terraces18 Oct 2027
One of their own: Adam Bell
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market18 Oct 2027
Auckland City promote Jai Just from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jai Just 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Oliver Reid joins the Auckland City first team
- Market One of our own: Sam Lockyer joins the Auckland City first team
- Market Auckland City promote Ben Kirwan from within