The Wellington Phoenix Gazette
Squad26 Oct 2026
Ifeanyi Eze stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ifeanyi Eze and Wellington Phoenix agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Wellington Phoenix
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
Isaac Hughes 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 Wellington Phoenix this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Damien Knight joins the Wellington Phoenix first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Damien Knight 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
Wellington Phoenix promote Scott Reynolds from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Scott Reynolds 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: Sam Hill joins the Wellington Phoenix first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sam Hill 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
Wellington Phoenix promote Brandon Davies from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Brandon Davies 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tim Payne 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Wellington Phoenix pick somebody else ahead of Adrián Calello
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
In brief
- Match Wellington Phoenix and Sydney FC take a point apiece
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Wellington Phoenix
- Player ratings Sander Kartum runs at them all day