The Sydney FC Gazette
Squad25 Oct 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Takahiro Sekine
49 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sydney FC lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad25 Oct 2027
A one-man rearguard from Federico Montiel
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.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
A new deal for Cameron Riley
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Takahiro Sekine 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 Sydney FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Graduation day at Sydney FC
5 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Paul Okon-Engstler falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match23 Oct 2027
Sydney FC see off Wellington Phoenix
Three points for Sydney FC, 2‑1 the final word against Wellington Phoenix in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces25 Oct 2027
Sydney FC supporters have found a favourite in Tochukwu Michael
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Tochukwu Michael has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Ninety minutes of Víctor Campuzano at his very best
Marked 8.75. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Sydney FC.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Aaron Murphy joins the Sydney FC first team
- Market One of our own: Tristan Reid joins the Sydney FC first team
- Market One of our own: Owen Roberts joins the Sydney FC first team