The Team Wellington Gazette
Squad18 Oct 2027
A fracture rules Tekio out for 31 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Team Wellington will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match16 Oct 2027
Team Wellington cannot stop winning
4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Ben van Dorssen: 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.” Team Wellington have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
A new deal for Ryan McCowatt
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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Team Wellington
Ruon Tongyik 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.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Team Wellington
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.
The terraces18 Oct 2027
Team Wellington supporters have found a favourite in Tim De Vries
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 17-year-old it feels ownership of. Tim De Vries has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Michael Bell joins the Team Wellington first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michael Bell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Oct 2027
Owen Boxall steps up from the Team Wellington academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Owen Boxall 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 Deklan McCowatt steps up from the Team Wellington academy
- Market One of our own: Liberato Fenton joins the Team Wellington first team
- Match Willem Ebbinge sends Team Wellington past Waitakere United