The Sydney FC Gazette
Match23 Oct 2027
5 matches without a win for Sydney FC
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Sydney FC are no longer polite ones.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Henry Blackledge: 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.” Sydney FC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Al Hassan Touré was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 24. 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Sydney FC
Víctor Campuzano 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.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Sydney 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.
Match23 Oct 2027
Wellington Phoenix take the points off Sydney FC
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Filip Kurto 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Sydney FC promote Robbie Johnston from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Robbie Johnston 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: Joel Green joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joel Green is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Will Kennedy joins the Sydney FC first team
- Market Ethan Jackson steps up from the Sydney FC academy
- Squad Mitchell Glasson falls out with a teammate over standards