The Melbourne City Gazette
Squad26 Oct 2026
James Nieuwenhuizen breaks a bone — 100 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 100 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Medin Memeti at Melbourne City
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Medin Memeti 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
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Melbourne City
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 Melbourne City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aziz Behich 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.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Mathew Leckie
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
The crowd has taken to Patrick Beach
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market26 Oct 2026
Melbourne City promote Michael Moore from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael Moore 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: Dean Ferguson joins the Melbourne City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dean Ferguson 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: Blake Davis joins the Melbourne City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Blake Davis is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Melbourne City promote Chris Bell from within
- Squad Melbourne City lose Medin Memeti
- Player ratings Harrison Delbridge was immovable