The Sydney FC Gazette
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Al Hassan Touré
Successful dribbles: 25. 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 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. Joe Lolley 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.
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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Sydney FC promote Nicholas Turner from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicholas Turner 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: Tristan Burns joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tristan Burns 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: Luke Bailey joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luke Bailey 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
Aidan Jones steps up from the Sydney FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aidan Jones 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
Geovane Maranhão wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Sydney FC know it.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Piero Quispe
- Match Sydney FC share the spoils with Wellington Phoenix
- Squad Sydney FC pick somebody else ahead of Rhyan Grant