The Auckland FC Sentinel
Squad26 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Hiroki Sakai out for 58 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Auckland FC will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Lachlan Brook
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Lachlan Brook signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lachlan Brook and Auckland FC agree another 3 years.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Auckland FC
Sam Cosgrove 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.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Auckland FC
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Auckland FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jesse Randall is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Keanu Evans joins the Auckland FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Keanu Evans is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Chris Moore joins the Auckland FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Chris Moore is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Oct 2026
Auckland FC promote Andrew Scott from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andrew Scott 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.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Auckland FC
- Match No goals between Auckland FC and Perth Glory
- Player ratings The referee tires of Louis Verstraete