The Team Wellington Gazette
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tommy McCowatt damages knee ligaments — 16 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 16 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match16 Oct 2027
6 matches without a win for Team Wellington
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Team Wellington are no longer polite ones.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Team Wellington
Sam Reid was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Team Wellington
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.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Jake Colvey joins the Team Wellington first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jake Colvey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Dane Lockyer joins the Team Wellington first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dane Lockyer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Monty De Vries joins the Team Wellington first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Monty De Vries is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Oct 2027
Monty Bell steps up from the Team Wellington academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Monty Bell 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.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
A masterclass from Francis Nelson
Marked 8.21 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Loan watch Bill Sutton wants to come home
- Match Team Wellington and Waitakere United take a point apiece
- Squad Words at Team Wellington training over how hard people work