The Waitakere United Sentinel
Squad26 Oct 2026
A day Bill Stamatelopoulos will not forget
4 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Match24 Oct 2026
Bill Stamatelopoulos the difference as Waitakere United beat Hawke's Bay United
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Bill Stamatelopoulos. 5‑3 against Hawke's Bay United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
One of those days for Bill Stamatelopoulos
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.98, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match24 Oct 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
8 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Waitakere United and Hawke's Bay United in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bill Stamatelopoulos 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.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
One of their own: Chris Colvey
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Loan watch26 Oct 2026
Epeli Tiko has seen enough of Team Wellington
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Waitakere United, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Dane Bell signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dane Bell commits to Waitakere United for another 3 years.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Dane Lockyer, on a 5‑3 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
In brief
- Player ratings Cameron Nelson runs at them all day
- Squad Ben Van Hattum scores his first for Waitakere United
- The dugout No place in the plan for Deklan Rufer