Dane Nelson

Defensive Midfielder - Auckland City U18
7 Sep 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Dane Nelson

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The Auckland City Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

David Yoo breaks a bone — 63 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 63 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Alfie Rogers says no to WaiBOP United

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Alfie Rogers had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market

WaiBOP United come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Auckland City did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

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

David Yoo 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 Auckland City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Swindon Town tell Auckland City: Fletcher Holman 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

Auckland City promote Alex Cacace from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alex 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.

Market

One of our own: Dane Nelson joins the Auckland City first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dane Nelson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad

Home is on Regont Murati's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Auckland City are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

In brief