The Adelaide United Chronicle
The terraces25 Oct 2027
Anger at Adelaide United spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Alex Badolato scores twice — 8.75
Two goals and a mark of 8.75 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Joshua Smits keeps Adelaide United 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.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Ethan Alagich keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Adelaide United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match23 Oct 2027
The drought breaks for Adelaide United
8 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Central Coast Mariners were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Adelaide United
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.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Nobody could get near Dylan Pierias
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match23 Oct 2027
Alex Badolato the difference as Adelaide United beat Central Coast Mariners
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Alex Badolato. 2‑1 against Central Coast Mariners, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces25 Oct 2027
Adelaide United supporters have found a favourite in Alex Badolato
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Alex Badolato has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Market Adelaide United promote Bryce Simpson from within
- Market One of our own: Cooper Rogers joins the Adelaide United first team
- Market Jamie Morgan steps up from the Adelaide United academy