The Auckland City Post
Market24 Aug 2026
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.
Market24 Aug 2026
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 targets24 Aug 2026
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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 targets24 Aug 2026
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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.
Market24 Aug 2026
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Dane Sutton
- Market The Nathan Lobo story refuses to die
- The dugout Clayton Payne knocks on the manager’s door