Dane Lockyer

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The Team Wellington Gazette

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad12 Jul 2027

44 days out for James Donachie after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Team Wellington will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Tempers go at Team Wellington

Steven Lustica 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.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

Door shut on Francis Tuiloma

Team Wellington asked and Waitakere United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Team Wellington lose Dane Lockyer

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

Squad12 Jul 2027

Michael Rufer stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Michael Rufer and Team Wellington agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout12 Jul 2027

Steven Lustica has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Team Wellington will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

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25 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match16 Jan 2027

Team Wellington tear WaiBOP United apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against WaiBOP United, and it could have been more.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 31. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad18 Jan 2027

A day Steven Lustica will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

Vintage Steven Lustica — 8.33

At 36 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.33, and nobody on the pitch better.

Market18 Jan 2027

Clayton Cacace puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Team Wellington, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad18 Jan 2027

A falling-out at Team Wellington

Steven Lustica and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market18 Jan 2027

Team Wellington sign Clayton Cacace for $41.0K

The paperwork is done: Clayton Cacace joins from Waitakere United in a deal worth $41.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Transfer targets18 Jan 2027

Southern United tell Team Wellington: Winston Cacace is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The terraces18 Jan 2027

One of their own: Owen Reid

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.

In brief

  • Player ratings James Just in the eights
  • Squad Dane Lockyer signs on for more
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
2 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Adama Coulibaly stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Adama Coulibaly and Team Wellington agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Team Wellington

Steven Lustica and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Callum De Vries

Team Wellington asked and Hawke's Bay United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market10 Aug 2026

Tommy Reid steps up from the Team Wellington academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tommy Reid 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

Cameron Kirwan steps up from the Team Wellington academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cameron Kirwan 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

One of our own: Dane Lockyer joins the Team Wellington first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dane Lockyer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

Ryan Just steps up from the Team Wellington academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ryan Just 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Steven Lustica needs a bigger stage

He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Team Wellington know which stage they are at.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Team Wellington are still strangers to each other

13 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

In brief