The Auckland City Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
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 targets10 Aug 2026
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
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
- Transfer targets Auckland City ask about Sule John
- The dugout No hiding place for Conor Tracey
- The dugout Adam Mitchell knocks on the manager’s door