Marco Sutton

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Waitakere United
30 Nov 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Marco Sutton

6 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

107 days out for Kai Johnston after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Waitakere United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market

Tim Fenton asks to leave Waitakere United

“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.

Boardroom

Window shuts: 8 in, 1 out at Waitakere United

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 8 arrived, 1 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Squad

A row about effort at Waitakere United

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

Squad

a squad player out for 34 days

The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for a squad player, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout

Stefan Colvey 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

Back issues
4 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Kai Johnston breaks a bone — 122 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 122 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Team Wellington come back empty-handed

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

Market

Kosta Garbett hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Waitakere United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tim Barbarouses falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

A falling-out at Waitakere United

Kai Johnston and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Owen Waine

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Marco Sutton signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marco Sutton commits to Waitakere United for another 3 years.

Market

Waitakere United put Clayton Lockyer up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Clayton Lockyer may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

The dugout

Marco Kirwan knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Waitakere United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

2 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Waitakere United turn down Team Wellington for Sam Rufer

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Tim Fenton asks to leave Waitakere United

“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.

Squad

Jai Bell signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jai Bell commits to Waitakere United for another 4 years.

Squad

Tim Barbarouses 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 Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Auckland City join the queue for Bill Lockyer

Add another name to the list: Auckland City have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Bill Lockyer. The answer from Waitakere United has not changed — yet.

Squad

A row about effort at Waitakere United

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

In brief