Will Hall

Left Midfielder - Auckland FC U18
12 May 2029
Saturday
Process

Marked for Will Hall

114 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

2 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Tyler Ryan out for 34 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Auckland FC will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Francis De Vries stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Francis De Vries and Auckland FC agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Auckland FC lose Will Hall

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout

No hiding place for Matt Dench

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matt Dench, and the manager let it.

Squad

A step back for Joseph Zawko at Auckland FC

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

The dugout

Lachlan Brook has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Auckland 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
65 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout

Michael Woud: 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.” Auckland FC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Player ratings

Up for the corner, and Daniel Hall delivers — 7.42

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Daniel Hall scored, was marked 7.42, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Boardroom

A new deal for Ethan Kennedy

The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.

Match

4 matches without a win for Auckland FC

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Auckland FC are no longer polite ones.

Boardroom

6 academy graduates step up at Auckland FC

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.

Match

Auckland FC come up short against Perth Glory

Perth Glory left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

A falling-out at Auckland FC

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

Match

Auckland FC are shipping goals every week

Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.

Market

Grant Ferguson steps up from the Auckland FC academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Grant Ferguson 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.

In brief