Scott Wallace

Left Forward - Auckland FC
17 Jan 2027
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Marked for Scott Wallace

18 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match25 Nov 2026

Cup progress for Auckland FC

A 1‑0 win over Adelaide United, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Marlee Francois was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 26. 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.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Auckland FC

Louis Verstraete 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.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Auckland FC

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jesse Randall was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces30 Nov 2026

Auckland FC supporters have found a favourite in Scott Wallace

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 15-year-old it feels ownership of. Scott Wallace 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.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

A masterclass from Jesse Randall

Marked 8.10 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Boardroom30 Nov 2026

Wages swallow 110% of the Auckland FC income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

A defender's afternoon for Francis De Vries

Defensive actions: 16. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

The afternoon belonged to Hiroki Sakai

A mark of 7.32, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

In brief

  • The dugout Lachlan Bayliss gets it from the manager
  • The dugout Jesse Randall gets picked when it counts
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
Back issues
11 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

The step up is real for Jonty Bidois

At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Auckland FC

Louis Verstraete 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Jesse Randall has improved at 24, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 4 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

In brief

10 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Oct 2026

Real improvement from Finn McKenlay at Auckland FC

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Finn McKenlay is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Auckland FC

Louis Verstraete 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.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Late improvement for Sam Cosgrove

At 29 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

Squad5 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Auckland FC

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jesse Randall was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Boardroom5 Oct 2026

Wages eat 149% of everything Auckland FC earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Lachlan Brook gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief