The Team Wellington Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Team Wellington
Walter Scott 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Team Wellington training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Steven Lustica 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Panos Armenakas
“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
Newton Adebayo has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Team Wellington know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Team Wellington buy the years ahead of Chris Colvey
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Team Wellington on Joe Smith
He is 16, and nobody at Team Wellington signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market Team Wellington buy the years ahead of Sam Reid
- Market A long bet from Team Wellington on Michael Rufer