The Auckland City Post
Squad18 Oct 2027
99 days out for Gerard Garriga after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Auckland City will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Nathan Garrow says Auckland City went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Nathan Lobo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Auckland City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Auckland City
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
Matt Ellis 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.
Match16 Oct 2027
Another one collected away from home
3 on the bounce on the road for Auckland City. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Dane Boxall joins the Auckland City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dane Boxall is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Oliver Payne joins the Auckland City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oliver Payne is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Sam Garbett joins the Auckland City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sam Garbett 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 Clayton Rufer steps up from the Auckland City academy
- Match Auckland City find a way past Southern United
- Player ratings David Yoo was the difference for Auckland City