The Macarthur FC Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Macarthur FC say no — this time
The offer from Newcastle Jets for Dean Bosnjak was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Max Vartuli
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Macarthur FC have done the hard part with Adelaide United, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Macarthur FC
Ji Dong-Won 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 targets10 Aug 2026
Macarthur FC bid $13.0K for Vinko Stanisic
The offer went to Adelaide United this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Sam Sutton
Macarthur FC asked and Perth Glory 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
One of our own: Logan Bailey joins the Macarthur FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Logan Bailey 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
Macarthur FC promote Stefan Mitchell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stefan Mitchell 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
James Thomas steps up from the Macarthur FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Thomas 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
Ji Dong-Won still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Macarthur FC would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
In brief
- Squad Anthony Cáceres has seen what the next man earns
- Squad An aura around Ben Gibson