The Team Wellington Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Alfie Rogers will not be coming to Team Wellington
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Auckland City is saying, and nobody at Team Wellington is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Team Wellington
Matthew Acton and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Team Wellington promote Marco Garbett from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marco Garbett 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: Ben Singh joins the Team Wellington first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ben Singh 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
Team Wellington promote Marco Tuiloma from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marco Tuiloma 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
Team Wellington promote Francis Smith from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Francis Smith 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Steven Lustica needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Team Wellington know which stage they are at.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Team Wellington are still strangers to each other
14 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Team Wellington ask about Bill Just
A loan enquiry to Waitakere United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Transfer targets Team Wellington try to borrow Bill De Vries
- Squad Ilisoni Lolaivalu stays put
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Ilisoni Lolaivalu