The Wellington Phoenix Gazette
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Bryce King signs on for the long haul
Wellington Phoenix moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Bryce King, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Wellington Phoenix
Bill Tuiloma 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.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Graduation day at Wellington Phoenix
5 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Ifeanyi Eze 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.
Match23 Oct 2027
A bad afternoon for Wellington Phoenix against Sydney FC
0‑2 to Sydney FC, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Isaac Holmes joins the Wellington Phoenix first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Isaac Holmes 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: Oscar Collins joins the Wellington Phoenix first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oscar Collins 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
Wellington Phoenix promote Logan Jenkins from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Logan Jenkins 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
One of our own: Jamie Beath joins the Wellington Phoenix first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jamie Beath is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Matt Sheridan
- Squad A first senior shirt for Mitchell Butler
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Hideki Ishige