The Sydney FC Gazette
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
Graduation day at Sydney FC
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Sydney FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Apostolos 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 dugout26 Oct 2026
Al Hassan Touré 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
Sydney FC promote Jordan Powell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jordan Powell 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.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Rhys Mitchell joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rhys Mitchell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Ninety minutes of Takahiro Sekine at his very best
Marked 8.21. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Sydney FC.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
A masterclass from Ben Garuccio
Marked 8.03 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Sydney FC
Wataru Kamijo 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.
Match24 Oct 2026
Honours even between Sydney FC and Wellington Phoenix
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
In brief
- The dugout Jamie Walker on the point
- Squad Takahiro Sekine finally opens his account
- The dugout Rhys Youlley left out for tactical reasons at Sydney FC