The Auckland FC Sentinel
Match23 Oct 2027
Auckland FC run riot against Perth Glory
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Michael Woud: 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.” Auckland FC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match23 Oct 2027
Auckland FC make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Auckland FC have 4 straight wins of it.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Up for the corner, and Louis Verstraete delivers — 7.85
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Louis Verstraete scored, was marked 7.85, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Hiroki Sakai 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 Auckland FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Auckland 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words at Auckland FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michael Woud 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.
The terraces25 Oct 2027
Auckland FC supporters have found a favourite in Sebastian Despotovski
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Sebastian Despotovski 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Auckland FC promote Jason Gordon from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jason Gordon 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 Auckland FC promote Simon Gordon from within
- Market One of our own: Will McKay joins the Auckland FC first team
- Market Auckland FC promote Aidan Kennedy from within