Simon Wilson

Right Midfielder - Auckland FC
7 Jul 2029
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Marked for Simon Wilson

135 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

26 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market26 Feb 2029

Lachlan Brook hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Auckland FC can pretend not to have heard.

Squad26 Feb 2029

22 days out for Nik Tzanev after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Auckland FC will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Player ratings26 Feb 2029

Logan Rogerson was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 26. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match24 Feb 2029

A bad afternoon for Auckland FC against Macarthur FC

0‑2 to Macarthur FC, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout26 Feb 2029

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Cooper Bell left the room before anybody could ask which.

Squad26 Feb 2029

Tempers go at Auckland FC

Riley Dalziell 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.

Squad26 Feb 2029

Simon Wilson signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Simon Wilson and Auckland FC agree another 3 years.

The dugout26 Feb 2029

When it matters, Lachlan Brook plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout26 Feb 2029

Benjamin Mazzeo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

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117 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

23 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom23 Oct 2028

Auckland FC part company with Harrison Davis

The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.

Boardroom23 Oct 2028

Cooper Bell minds the shop at Auckland FC

“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Cooper Bell recited it perfectly.

The dugout23 Oct 2028

Sam Cosgrove keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Auckland FC may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match21 Oct 2028

5 matches without a win for Auckland FC

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Auckland FC are no longer polite ones.

Squad23 Oct 2028

Words exchanged at Auckland FC

Hiroki Sakai and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Boardroom23 Oct 2028

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Auckland FC

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.

Squad23 Oct 2028

Michael Woud 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.

Match21 Oct 2028

Jesse Randall’s goal not enough for Auckland FC

Jesse Randall scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Perth Glory, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Market23 Oct 2028

Auckland FC promote Simon Wilson from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Wilson 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.

In brief