Bryce Hill

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Process

Marked for Bryce Hill

118 Edition

The Macarthur FC Chronicle

30 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout

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.

Match

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.

Boardroom

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.

Match

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 dugout

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.

Squad

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 dugout

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

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

Back issues
117 Edition

The Macarthur FC Chronicle

23 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Macarthur FC part company with Mason Johnson

The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.

Boardroom

Anthony Gibson steps up at Macarthur FC for now

“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.

The dugout

Will McKay: 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.

Boardroom

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.

Squad

Words at Macarthur FC training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Harry Politidis 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Macarthur FC

Bernardo Oliveira 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.

Match

Brisbane Roar take the points off Macarthur FC

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market

Toby Crawford steps up from the Macarthur FC academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Toby Crawford 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.

Market

Macarthur FC promote Shane Flynn from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Shane Flynn 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