The Sydney FC Gazette
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Tiago Quintal says Sydney FC went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
Jarrod Butler signs on for the long haul
Sydney FC moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Jarrod Butler, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Market23 Oct 2028
Akol Akon is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sydney FC is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Sydney FC
Matthew Sutton was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
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.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Takahiro Sekine wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Sydney FC know it.
Match21 Oct 2028
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.
Market23 Oct 2028
Mark Scott steps up from the Sydney FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Scott 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
One of our own: Lucas King joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lucas King 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 Callum Johnston steps up from the Sydney FC academy
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Matthew Sutton
- Squad Louis Verstraete falls out with a teammate over standards