Dane Sutton

Defensive Midfielder - Auckland City U18
11 Mar 2028
Saturday
Process

Marked for Dane Sutton

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The Auckland City Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Jordan Vale hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Auckland City can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Auckland City say no — this time

The offer from WaiBOP United for Paris Domfeh was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets

Daniel Hall is a medical away from Auckland City

The deal with Waitakere United is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad

Auckland City lose Gerard Garriga

54 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Words exchanged at Auckland City

Adam Mitchell 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.

Transfer targets

Auckland City rebuffed over Mihhail Orlov

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nomme Kalju have kept their man, and Auckland City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Words at Auckland City training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikko Boxall is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

Angus Kilkolly attracts admirers

The name of Angus Kilkolly has come up in conversations Auckland City were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Dane Sutton stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Dane Sutton and Auckland City agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

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The Auckland City Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Adam Bell turns Team Wellington down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market

Auckland City turn down WaiBOP United for Jeremy Foo

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Adam Mitchell stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Adam Mitchell and Auckland City agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Auckland City

Adam Mitchell was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets

WaiBOP United tell Auckland City: Ryan Reid is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

Dane Sutton steps up from the Auckland City academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dane Sutton 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.

Market

Auckland City promote Joe Cacace from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joe Cacace 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.

The dugout

David Yoo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Transfer targets

Auckland City ask about Momodou Jobarteh

A loan enquiry to Paide: 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