Michael Bell

Left Midfielder - Team Wellington U18
8 Aug 2027
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Marked for Michael Bell

18 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Nobody could get near Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues

Successful dribbles: 41. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match30 Nov 2026

Team Wellington are in real trouble now

Position 5, 7 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Team Wellington

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

Squad30 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Team Wellington

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Steven Lustica was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match28 Nov 2026

Team Wellington come up short against WaiBOP United

WaiBOP United left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Steven Lustica

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

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Stefan Cacace answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Kosta Lewis signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kosta Lewis and Team Wellington agree another 3 years.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Walter Scott 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

Back issues
2 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Ryan De Vries will not be coming to Team Wellington

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Canterbury United is saying, and nobody at Team Wellington is enjoying the guessing.

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

Melbourne City tell Team Wellington: Benjamin Mazzeo 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Clayton Payne steps up from the Team Wellington academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Clayton Payne 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: Jake Bell joins the Team Wellington first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jake Bell 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

Team Wellington promote Michael Bell from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael 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: Kosta Lewis joins the Team Wellington first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kosta Lewis 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

The manager makes an example of Dan Edwards

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

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.

In brief