The Team Wellington Gazette
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Christian Bracco keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Team Wellington may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
A new deal for Liberato Tuiloma
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
A falling-out at Team Wellington
Matthew Acton and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words at Team Wellington training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Walter Scott is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match16 Oct 2027
Ben Garbett sends Team Wellington past Waitakere United
It finished 2‑1, and it was Ben Garbett’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Team Wellington.
Market18 Oct 2027
Sam Waine steps up from the Team Wellington academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sam Waine 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Team Wellington promote James Boxall from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. James 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Team Wellington promote Michael Lockyer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael Lockyer 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
- Market Ryan Sutton steps up from the Team Wellington academy
- Player ratings Willem Ebbinge was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- The dugout Liberato Tuiloma: “That is the standard”