The Auckland FC Sentinel
Match23 Oct 2027
The run at home goes on for Auckland FC
11 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Bryce Hughes signs on for the long haul
Auckland FC moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Bryce Hughes, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Match23 Oct 2027
Still nobody has beaten Auckland FC
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Hiroki Sakai in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Auckland FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Auckland 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Jarrod Scott joins the Auckland FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jarrod Scott 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: Daniel Kennedy joins the Auckland FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Kennedy 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
Auckland FC promote Owen Lloyd from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Owen Lloyd 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
Auckland FC promote Noah Spencer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Noah Spencer 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.
In brief
- Loan watch Joe Knowles counts the days
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Louis Verstraete
- The dugout Bryce Hughes on the point