The Adelaide United Chronicle
Market23 Oct 2028
Elliot Collier 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 The request is on a desk at Adelaide United, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Antonee Burke-Gilroy keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Adelaide United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Adelaide United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Bart Vriends wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Adelaide United know it.
Match21 Oct 2028
The goals have deserted Adelaide United
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Adelaide United can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Words exchanged at Adelaide United
Mitchell Glasson and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market23 Oct 2028
Adelaide United promote Hugh Moore from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hugh Moore 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
Adelaide United promote Anthony Bennett from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Bennett 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
Adelaide United promote Anthony Jones from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Jones 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.
In brief
- Squad Words at Adelaide United training over how hard people work
- Player ratings Dylan Pierias was unplayable
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Azola Tshobeni