The Adelaide United Chronicle
Squad26 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Joshua Smits
88 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Adelaide United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Craig Goodwin 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 Adelaide United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Joey Garuccio at Adelaide United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Joey Garuccio is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
Graduation day at Adelaide United
4 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Stefan Crawford steps up from the Adelaide United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Crawford 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Brett Hughes steps up from the Adelaide United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Brett Hughes 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Adelaide United promote Ben Johnson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ben Johnson 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: Lachlan White joins the Adelaide United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lachlan White is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Craig Goodwin
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad Ajak Riak falls out with a teammate over standards
- Player ratings Ajak Riak takes the honours
- Match Adelaide United and Central Coast Mariners take a point apiece