The Sydney FC Gazette
Squad13 Oct 2031
A knee injury of the worst kind for Liam Lloyd
71 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sydney FC lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad13 Oct 2031
A last season at home is what Takahiro Sekine is after
It is sentimental, it is completely genuine, and it is the beginning of a departure nobody has announced. The club can be gracious about it or it can pretend not to have heard.
Market13 Oct 2031
Sydney FC promote Andrew Beath from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andrew Beath 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.
Market13 Oct 2031
Sydney FC promote Max Bailey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Max Bailey 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.
Market13 Oct 2031
One of our own: Liam Shaw joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Shaw is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market13 Oct 2031
One of our own: Lucas White joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lucas White is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad13 Oct 2031
A row about effort at Sydney FC
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Joey Garuccio was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad13 Oct 2031
Anothando Menemene signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Anothando Menemene commits to Sydney FC for another 3 years.
The dugout13 Oct 2031
Alexandar Popovic has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Sydney FC will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- The dugout Caleb Redhead gets it from the manager
- The dugout Anothando Menemene knocks on the manager’s door
- Boardroom The Sydney FC academy earns its keep