The Adelaide United Chronicle
Match23 Oct 2027
Adelaide United tear Central Coast Mariners apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against Central Coast Mariners, and it could have been more.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Christian Theoharous: 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.” Adelaide United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Joshua Smits keeps Adelaide United in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Bart Vriends pops up at the right end — 7.76
7.76, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Up for the corner, and Gabriel Cléùr delivers — 7.95
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Gabriel Cléùr scored, was marked 7.95, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Adelaide United
Dylan Pierias 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
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Adelaide United
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.
The terraces25 Oct 2027
One of their own: Clayton Taylor
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market25 Oct 2027
Connor Roberts steps up from the Adelaide United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Connor Roberts 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
- Market Adelaide United promote Daniel Walsh from within
- Market Adelaide United promote Riley Simpson from within
- Market Chris Gordon steps up from the Adelaide United academy