The Macarthur FC Chronicle
Squad26 Oct 2026
Filip Kurto keeps Macarthur FC in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nothing got past Damien Da Silva
29 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Will McKay is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
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
Kosta Grozos signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kosta Grozos and Macarthur FC agree another 3 years.
Market26 Oct 2026
Macarthur FC promote Michael McGrath from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael McGrath 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
Peter Spencer steps up from the Macarthur FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Spencer 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
Macarthur FC promote Kai Watson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kai Watson 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Sam Jenkins joins the Macarthur FC first team
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Macarthur FC
- Player ratings Luke Brattan shuts the door