The Macarthur FC Chronicle
Squad25 Oct 2027
Mitchell Duke damages knee ligaments — 122 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 122 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Age has not caught Ryan Fraser yet — 7.92
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.92 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Macarthur FC
Ji Dong-Won 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words at Macarthur FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joshua Laws 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
Macarthur FC supporters have found a favourite in Akol Akon
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Akol Akon 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
Macarthur FC promote Nicholas Walker from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicholas Walker 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Callum McDonald steps up from the Macarthur FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Callum McDonald 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
Macarthur FC promote Sam Harrison from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sam Harrison 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 One of our own: Mark McLaren joins the Macarthur FC first team
- Match Akol Akon the difference as Macarthur FC beat Brisbane Roar
- Boardroom Macarthur FC let a promise lapse