The Auckland FC Sentinel
Squad26 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Francis De Vries
26 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Auckland FC lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Lachlan Brook signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lachlan Brook and Auckland FC agree another 3 years.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Auckland FC
Sam Cosgrove 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Callum Griffin at Auckland FC
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Callum Griffin is 16, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
Graduation day at Auckland FC
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Guillermo May runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Connor Turner joins the Auckland FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Connor Turner is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Oct 2026
Auckland FC promote Eli Nelson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eli Nelson 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Auckland FC promote Callum Collins from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Callum Collins 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.
In brief
- Market Adam Wallace steps up from the Auckland FC academy
- Match Auckland FC get the job done against Perth Glory
- Player ratings Jesse Randall was the difference for Auckland FC