The Auckland FC Sentinel
Squad25 Oct 2027
Louis Verstraete 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 FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Graduation day at Auckland FC
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match23 Oct 2027
The run at home goes on for Auckland FC
9 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Market25 Oct 2027
Auckland FC promote Grant Cooper from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Grant Cooper 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Auckland FC promote Josh Fletcher from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Josh Fletcher 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Noah Flynn steps up from the Auckland FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Noah Flynn has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market25 Oct 2027
Rhys Morgan steps up from the Auckland FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rhys Morgan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Match23 Oct 2027
Auckland FC find a way past Perth Glory
Perth Glory made Auckland FC work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Nobody could get near Guillermo May
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Player ratings Jesse Randall takes the honours
- Squad Auckland FC pick somebody else ahead of Pieter Jacobsz
- Squad Jesse Randall is off the mark for Auckland FC