James Sutton

Striker - Team Wellington
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Marked for James Sutton

117 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

23 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout23 Oct 2028

Llyton Chapman 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.

Squad23 Oct 2028

Words exchanged at Team Wellington

Matthew Acton 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.

Squad23 Oct 2028

A row about effort at Team Wellington

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Walter Scott was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout23 Oct 2028

No hiding place for Ruon Tongyik

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ruon Tongyik, and the manager let it.

Match21 Oct 2028

A bad afternoon for Team Wellington against Waitakere United

0‑1 to Waitakere United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings23 Oct 2028

Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout23 Oct 2028

Liberato Tuiloma faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Liberato Tuiloma after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad23 Oct 2028

James Sutton stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” James Sutton and Team Wellington agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout23 Oct 2028

Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues is on it.

In brief

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116 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Oct 2028

Ruon Tongyik 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 Team Wellington this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom16 Oct 2028

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.

Squad16 Oct 2028

Walter Scott falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market16 Oct 2028

One of our own: Jake Reid joins the Team Wellington first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jake Reid 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

James Sutton steps up from the Team Wellington academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Sutton 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.

Market16 Oct 2028

One of our own: Marco Nelson joins the Team Wellington first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marco Nelson 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

Ben Sutton steps up from the Team Wellington academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ben Sutton 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.

Boardroom16 Oct 2028

A promise the Team Wellington 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.

The dugout16 Oct 2028

When it matters, Dan Edwards plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief