Max Bailey

Central Midfielder - Sydney FC U18
22 May 2033
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308 Edition

The Sydney FC Gazette

21 Jun 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad21 Jun 2032

55 days out for Callan Elliot after a fracture

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

Market21 Jun 2032

Sydney FC turn down Newcastle Jets for Louis Verstraete

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market21 Jun 2032

Shane McDonald 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 Sydney FC can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2032

Leeds United tell Sydney FC: Louie Bradbury is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad21 Jun 2032

Words at Sydney FC training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joey Garuccio 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.

Squad21 Jun 2032

A falling-out at Sydney FC

Bailey Brandtman and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad21 Jun 2032

Max Bailey signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Max Bailey commits to Sydney FC for another 3 years.

The dugout21 Jun 2032

Lachlan Middleton back under a manager who knows him

The new man at Sydney FC has worked with Lachlan Middleton before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.

The dugout21 Jun 2032

Louis Verstraete has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Sydney FC will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

Back issues
296 Edition

The Sydney FC Gazette

29 Mar 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout29 Mar 2032

Max Bailey says Sydney FC 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.

Looking ahead29 Mar 2032

The big one: Melbourne City come into view

Two sides from the top of the table, one afternoon, and a month of talk decided in ninety minutes. Sydney FC will not use the word title this week and will not stop thinking it.

Squad29 Mar 2032

Words at Sydney FC training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joey Garuccio 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.

Squad29 Mar 2032

A falling-out at Sydney FC

Bailey Brandtman and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout29 Mar 2032

Lachlan Middleton back under a manager who knows him

The new man at Sydney FC has worked with Lachlan Middleton before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.

The dugout29 Mar 2032

Louis Verstraete has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Sydney FC will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout29 Mar 2032

Jason Wallace 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.

Looking ahead29 Mar 2032

A reunion for Liam Gillion

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Melbourne City in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Market29 Mar 2032

Still no signature from Cameron Peupion

5 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Sydney FC could get for him.

In brief

286 Edition

The Sydney FC Gazette

19 Jan 2032
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match17 Jan 2032

Sydney FC tear Wellington Phoenix apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Wellington Phoenix, and it could have been more.

Market19 Jan 2032

Jesse Price 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 Sydney FC can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings19 Jan 2032

Louis Verstraete goes up and wins it — 7.95

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.95 for the rest of it.

Player ratings19 Jan 2032

Up for the corner, and Noah Maieroni delivers — 7.60

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Noah Maieroni scored, was marked 7.60, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Transfer targets19 Jan 2032

Sydney FC rebuffed over Adrian Segecic

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Melbourne City have kept their man, and Sydney FC go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match17 Jan 2032

Sydney FC keep winning on the road

4 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.

Squad19 Jan 2032

A falling-out at Sydney FC

Cameron Peupion and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad19 Jan 2032

Words at Sydney FC training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joey Garuccio 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.

Squad19 Jan 2032

Max Bailey stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Max Bailey and Sydney FC agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

272 Edition

The Sydney FC Gazette

13 Oct 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad13 Oct 2031

A knee injury of the worst kind for Liam Lloyd

71 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sydney FC lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad13 Oct 2031

A last season at home is what Takahiro Sekine is after

It is sentimental, it is completely genuine, and it is the beginning of a departure nobody has announced. The club can be gracious about it or it can pretend not to have heard.

Market13 Oct 2031

Sydney FC promote Andrew Beath from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andrew Beath 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.

Market13 Oct 2031

Sydney FC promote Max Bailey from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Max Bailey 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.

Market13 Oct 2031

One of our own: Liam Shaw joins the Sydney FC first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Shaw is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market13 Oct 2031

One of our own: Lucas White joins the Sydney FC first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lucas White is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad13 Oct 2031

A row about effort at Sydney FC

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Joey Garuccio was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad13 Oct 2031

Anothando Menemene signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Anothando Menemene commits to Sydney FC for another 3 years.

The dugout13 Oct 2031

Alexandar Popovic has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Sydney FC will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief