The Macarthur FC Chronicle
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
A new deal for Mason Johnson
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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Macarthur FC
Gianni Stensness 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.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Macarthur 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.
Match23 Oct 2027
The goals have deserted Macarthur FC
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Macarthur FC can tell you which week it ends in.
Market25 Oct 2027
Jackson White steps up from the Macarthur FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jackson White 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Jamie Collins joins the Macarthur FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jamie Collins is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Max Price joins the Macarthur FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Max Price is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: David Richards joins the Macarthur FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Richards is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Luke Supyk
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Macarthur FC
- Boardroom Macarthur FC let a promise lapse
- The dugout Mason Johnson: “We have to be better”