The Macarthur FC Chronicle
Market22 Sep 2031
Callum McCowatt asks to leave Macarthur FC
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad22 Sep 2031
A falling-out at Macarthur FC
Ryan Fraser and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad22 Sep 2031
A row about effort at Macarthur FC
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Francis De Vries was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout22 Sep 2031
Ryan Fraser gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ryan Fraser is on it.
Market22 Sep 2031
Michael Ruhs linked with a move away
The name of Michael Ruhs keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Macarthur FC say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout22 Sep 2031
Eli Collins knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Eli Collins trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Boardroom The Macarthur FC academy earns its keep
- The dugout The manager comes out for Scott Campbell
- Squad Welcome back, Sam Johnson