The Wellington Phoenix Gazette
Squad26 Oct 2026
Ifeanyi Eze stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ifeanyi Eze and Wellington Phoenix agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Bill Tuiloma has improved at 31, 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. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
Graduation day at Wellington Phoenix
4 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Isaac Hughes 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 Wellington Phoenix this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Brandon Ward joins the Wellington Phoenix first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Brandon Ward 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: Liam Walsh joins the Wellington Phoenix first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Walsh 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
Jason Morgan steps up from the Wellington Phoenix academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jason 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Wellington Phoenix promote Jack Thomas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Thomas 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.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Ifeanyi Eze runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Wellington Phoenix
- Match Wellington Phoenix and Sydney FC cancel each other out
- Squad Corban Piper asks for a word with the manager