The Adelaide United Chronicle
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Alessandro Lopane
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Adelaide United
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
Ajak Riak 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Jackson Doyle steps up from the Adelaide United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jackson Doyle 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Will Johnson joins the Adelaide United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Will Johnson 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
Tristan Duncan steps up from the Adelaide United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tristan Duncan 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Reece Miller steps up from the Adelaide United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Reece Miller 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Ryan Kitto 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 Adelaide United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Jake Najdovski
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jake Najdovski, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Match No goals between Adelaide United and Central Coast Mariners
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Ethan Cox
- Boardroom Adelaide United spend it where nobody looks