The Sydney FC Gazette
Squad25 Oct 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Gabriel Popovic
29 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.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
A brace, and Al Hassan Touré takes the afternoon — 8.65
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Al Hassan Touré provided it, and the 8.65 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Abel Walatee: 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.” Sydney FC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
A new deal for James Robertson
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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Sydney FC
Víctor Campuzano and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Sydney FC
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.
Match23 Oct 2027
6 unbeaten for Sydney FC
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Sydney FC did not have in the autumn.
Match23 Oct 2027
Sydney FC see off Wellington Phoenix
Three points for Sydney FC, 2‑1 the final word against Wellington Phoenix in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Ryan Ross joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ryan Ross is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Damien Wallace steps up from the Sydney FC academy
- Market Sydney FC promote Liam Williams from within
- Market Sydney FC promote David Lewis from within