The Sydney FC Gazette
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Sydney 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 Sydney FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Takahiro Sekine 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.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Joe Lolley
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Sydney FC
Rhyan Grant 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Marcel Tisserand
“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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Sydney FC promote Jack Simpson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Simpson 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Craig Robertson joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Craig Robertson 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: David Evans joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David 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
Sydney FC promote Paul Kelly from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Paul Kelly 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
- Squad Sydney FC pick somebody else ahead of Rhyan Grant
- Match Point won or two lost for Sydney FC?
- Boardroom Sydney FC spend where nobody can see it