The Macarthur FC Chronicle
Squad26 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Anthony Cáceres
24 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Macarthur FC lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Luke Brattan 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.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Macarthur 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
Damien Da Silva gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market26 Oct 2026
Callum Harris steps up from the Macarthur FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Callum Harris 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
Blake Burns steps up from the Macarthur FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Blake Burns 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
Darren Davies steps up from the Macarthur FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Darren Davies 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
One of our own: Ethan Murphy joins the Macarthur FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ethan Murphy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
No investment in the facilities at Macarthur FC
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Ben Gibson
- Match Macarthur FC and Brisbane Roar cancel each other out
- Squad Harry Politidis knocks on the manager’s door