The Auckland FC Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Southern United come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Auckland FC did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jake Brimmer signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jake Brimmer commits to Auckland FC for another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Abu Kamara
Auckland FC asked and Persis 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: Jordan Richards joins the Auckland FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jordan Richards 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
Auckland FC promote Ben Richards from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ben Richards 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: Brett Wilson joins the Auckland FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Brett Wilson 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
No hiding place for Jake Brimmer
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jake Brimmer, and the manager let it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Auckland FC try to borrow Lawrence Wong
Melbourne City have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A wage question at Auckland FC
Lachlan Brook has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
In brief
- Squad An aura around Lachlan Bayliss
- Squad Hiroki Sakai looks at the other side of the line