The Macarthur FC Chronicle
Match21 Oct 2028
A hiding for Macarthur FC
Beaten 0‑3 by Brisbane Roar, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad23 Oct 2028
A one-man rearguard from Alex Robinson
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Lucas Scicluna says Macarthur FC went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Ji Dong-Won 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 Macarthur FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market23 Oct 2028
As if he never left: Max Burns returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Max Burns is a Macarthur FC player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market23 Oct 2028
Sam Evans comes home
The shirt still fits. Sam Evans is back at Macarthur FC, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market23 Oct 2028
Paul Kelly is a Macarthur FC 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
Blake Webb comes home
The shirt still fits. Blake Webb is back at Macarthur FC, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Macarthur FC count the cost of losing Sebastian Kršlović
23 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Jing Reec
- Boardroom Macarthur FC board go back on their word
- Boardroom Inquest at Macarthur FC