The Auckland City Post
Squad16 Oct 2028
Nathan Garrow damages knee ligaments — 88 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 88 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Words exchanged at Auckland City
David Yoo 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.
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Auckland City
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.
Market16 Oct 2028
Auckland City promote Joe Kirwan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joe Kirwan 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.
Market16 Oct 2028
One of our own: Deklan McCowatt joins the Auckland City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Deklan McCowatt is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Oct 2028
Auckland City promote Ryan Just from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ryan Just 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.
Market16 Oct 2028
Auckland City promote Cameron Boxall from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cameron Boxall 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.
Squad16 Oct 2028
A row about effort at Auckland City
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mario Ilich was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
A promise the Auckland City board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
In brief
- The dugout Gethin Jones gets picked when it counts
- Looking ahead Adam Mitchell faces his old club
- The dugout The manager makes Abongwe Newman a promise