The Team Wellington Gazette
Squad16 Oct 2028
Ruon Tongyik in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Team Wellington this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Team Wellington
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Walter Scott falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market16 Oct 2028
One of our own: Jake Reid joins the Team Wellington first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jake Reid is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Oct 2028
James Sutton steps up from the Team Wellington academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Sutton 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.
Market16 Oct 2028
One of our own: Marco Nelson joins the Team Wellington first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marco Nelson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Oct 2028
Ben Sutton steps up from the Team Wellington academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ben Sutton 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.
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
A promise the Team Wellington board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
When it matters, Dan Edwards plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- Boardroom Team Wellington turn down the training-ground plan
- The dugout No hiding place for Joel Halliday
- Looking ahead A reunion for Noah Kirwan