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Edition
The Team Wellington Gazette
14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
The step up is real for Deklan Barbarouses
At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Market14 Sep 2026
Joe Payne steps up from the Team Wellington academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joe 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Stefan Kirwan steps up from the Team Wellington academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Jai Just stays at Hawke's Bay United as time runs out
- Squad Team Wellington are still strangers to each other
- Squad Words at Team Wellington training over how hard people work
- Squad The dressing room has a star in it