The Waitakere United Sentinel
Market19 Oct 2026
Noah Lewis 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 The request is on a desk at Waitakere United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market19 Oct 2026
Only the photograph left for Sam Boxall
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sam Boxall will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Waitakere United the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The step up is real for Bill Garbett
At 16 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.
Boardroom19 Oct 2026
5 academy graduates step up at Waitakere United
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Waitakere United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Noah Lewis was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market19 Oct 2026
Ben Van Hattum steps up from the Waitakere United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ben Van Hattum 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
Waitakere United promote Noah Singh from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Noah Singh 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Waitakere United against Team Wellington
0‑1 to Team Wellington, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Noah Fenton
“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.
In brief
- The dugout James Van Hattum faces the questions
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Waitakere United
- Looking ahead A test against the best for Waitakere United