The Macarthur FC Chronicle
The dugout30 Oct 2028
Theo Leeming: 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.” Macarthur FC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match28 Oct 2028
No end in sight to Macarthur FC's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Macarthur FC has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom30 Oct 2028
Still nobody in the Macarthur FC dugout
10 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Match28 Oct 2028
Macarthur FC come up short against Perth Glory
Perth Glory left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout30 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Harry Politidis
“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.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Words at Macarthur FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ben Gibson 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 dugout30 Oct 2028
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Anthony Gibson left the room before anybody could ask which.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Macarthur FC
Stathis Panikidis 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.
Squad30 Oct 2028
Bryce Hill signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bryce Hill commits to Macarthur FC for another 3 years.
In brief
- Player ratings Bernardo Oliveira runs at them all day
- Squad Ben Gibson finally opens his account
- Looking ahead Kosta Grozos goes back to face Western Sydney Wanderers