The Western Sydney Wanderers Chronicle
Squad25 Oct 2027
Hassan Aboul-Maati keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Western Sydney Wanderers may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Western Sydney Wanderers
Ryan Fraser 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Peter Wright comes home
The shirt still fits. Peter Wright is back at Western Sydney Wanderers, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market25 Oct 2027
Gavin Thompson is a Western Sydney Wanderers player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market25 Oct 2027
As if he never left: Grant McCallum returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Grant McCallum is a Western Sydney Wanderers player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market25 Oct 2027
As if he never left: Ryan McDonald returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Ryan McDonald is a Western Sydney Wanderers player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Michael Ruhs runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Luke Brattan
“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.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
A masterclass from Hiroshi Ibusuki
Marked 8.43 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Squad Lawrence Thomas lets one through his hands
- Match Honours even between Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne Victory
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Liam Gillion