Adrian Bailey

Right Forward - Adelaide United U18
26 Jan 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Adrian Bailey

13 Edition

The Adelaide United Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Ignacio Ten López 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.

Boardroom

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Adelaide United

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.

Squad

Words at Adelaide United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Muñiz 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.

Market

Adelaide United promote Patrick Flynn from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Flynn 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.

Market

Adelaide United promote Sean Rogers from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sean Rogers 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.

Market

One of our own: Chris White joins the Adelaide United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Chris White is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Adelaide United promote Adrian Bailey from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adrian Bailey 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.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Jay Barnett

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 13 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Bart Vriends left out for tactical reasons at Adelaide United

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief