The Waitakere United Sentinel
Market18 Oct 2027
Francis Waine has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Waitakere United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
A defender's goal wins it for Waitakere United — 7.65
1 for Noah Barbarouses, marked 7.65, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Clayton Colvey: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Waitakere United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad18 Oct 2027
A falling-out at Waitakere United
Matt Garbett and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Waitakere United
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Callum Singh is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market18 Oct 2027
Waitakere United promote Noah Sutton from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Noah Sutton 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Waitakere United promote Oliver Lewis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oliver Lewis 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Tommy McCowatt joins the Waitakere United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tommy McCowatt is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Callum Singh
- Boardroom A promise the Waitakere United board did not keep
- Loan watch Owen Sutton has seen enough of Team Wellington