The Macarthur FC Chronicle
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Ryan Fraser runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Macarthur FC
Ryan Fraser 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.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Graduation day at Macarthur FC
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market25 Oct 2027
Michael Evans steps up from the Macarthur FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Michael Evans 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Macarthur FC promote Tyler Bailey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tyler 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Macarthur FC promote Brett Walker from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Brett Walker 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Ethan Parker joins the Macarthur FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ethan Parker is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Macarthur FC pick somebody else ahead of Noah James
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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Ben Gibson 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.
In brief
- Squad Noah James asks for a word with the manager
- Player ratings Yusei Yamanouchi shuts the door
- Match Point won or two lost for Macarthur FC?