James Boxall

Striker - Team Wellington
2 Dec 2026
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Marked for James Boxall

17 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match18 Nov 2026

James Boxall sends Team Wellington through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and James Boxall obliged against WaiBOP United. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Team Wellington.

Match23 Nov 2026

Team Wellington sink to position 5

6 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

James Boxall, 14, steals the show — 8.02

Marked 8.02 at 14, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad23 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Team Wellington

Steven Lustica and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom23 Nov 2026

Team Wellington agree a free transfer for Jake Fenton

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

The terraces23 Nov 2026

Team Wellington supporters have found a favourite in Ryan Reid

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Ryan Reid has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Christian Bracco

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Christian Bracco, and the manager let it.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

Pieter Jacobsz takes the honours

Marked 7.60 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Team Wellington had the best player on the pitch.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Sam Bell stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sam Bell and Team Wellington agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

Pieter Jacobsz was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 40. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Steven Lustica in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Team Wellington this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Words at Team Wellington training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Willem Ebbinge 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.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Matthew Acton

“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.

Match14 Nov 2026

A bad afternoon for Team Wellington against Canterbury United

0‑1 to Canterbury United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Jai Boxall answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Matthew Acton left out for tactical reasons at Team Wellington

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

The form table has caught Kosta Kirwan

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

Looking ahead16 Nov 2026

Ben Lockyer faces his old club

Hawke's Bay United next, and one man in the Team Wellington dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

In brief

6 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Team Wellington close the window on a squad of their own making

31 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Auckland City tell Team Wellington: Sebastián Ciganda 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Willem Ebbinge falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Owen Reid signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Owen Reid and Team Wellington agree another 3 years.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at Team Wellington

Owen Reid 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Adama Coulibaly slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Adama Coulibaly is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

In brief

2 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Ryan Reid is a medical away from Team Wellington

The deal with Canterbury 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Team Wellington

Steven Lustica and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Team Wellington rebuffed over Marco McCowatt

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Canterbury United have kept their man, and Team Wellington go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market10 Aug 2026

Team Wellington promote Owen Reid from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Owen Reid 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: James Boxall joins the Team Wellington first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Boxall 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

Alex Reid steps up from the Team Wellington academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alex Reid 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Team Wellington promote Tommy Payne from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tommy Payne 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

This league is too small for Matthew Acton

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Team Wellington will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Team Wellington are still strangers to each other

13 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.

In brief