The Macarthur FC Chronicle
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Ben Gibson: 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.” Macarthur FC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Macarthur FC tie Scott Collins down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Macarthur FC
Anthony Cáceres 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 Macarthur 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.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Will Freney was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Macarthur FC promote Bailey Simpson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bailey Simpson 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
Kai Grant steps up from the Macarthur FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kai Grant has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Owen White joins the Macarthur FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Owen White is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Aidan Russell joins the Macarthur FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Aidan Russell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Brisbane Roar take the points off Macarthur FC
- Squad Words at Macarthur FC training over how hard people work
- The dugout Sebastian Kršlović gets it from the manager