The Waitakere United Sentinel
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
Ryan Reid is out at Waitakere United
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Squad16 Oct 2028
A fracture rules Deklan Colvey out for 115 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Waitakere United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
Bill Just minds the shop at Waitakere United
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Bill Just recited it perfectly.
Market16 Oct 2028
Ben Stamatelopoulos has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Waitakere United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Waitakere United
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.
Market16 Oct 2028
Stefan Garbett steps up from the Waitakere United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Garbett 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
Waitakere United promote Bill Sutton from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bill Sutton 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.
Market16 Oct 2028
Waitakere United promote Liberato Cacace from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liberato Cacace 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.
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
Waitakere United pay $4.2K to end Ryan Reid's contract
The bill for the sacking has arrived. Ryan Reid leaves with $4.2K for the time left on his deal, and that money buys the club nothing it can put on the pitch.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Waitakere United
- The dugout A clean slate for Jackson Manuel
- Looking ahead Angus Kilkolly goes back to face Team Wellington