The Auckland FC Sentinel
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
Auckland FC part company with Harrison Davis
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
Cooper Bell minds the shop at Auckland FC
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Cooper Bell recited it perfectly.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Sam Cosgrove keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Auckland FC may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match21 Oct 2028
5 matches without a win for Auckland FC
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Auckland FC are no longer polite ones.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Words exchanged at Auckland FC
Hiroki Sakai 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.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Auckland 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.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Michael Woud 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.
Match21 Oct 2028
Jesse Randall’s goal not enough for Auckland FC
Jesse Randall scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Perth Glory, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market23 Oct 2028
Auckland FC promote Simon Wilson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Wilson 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: Connor Simpson joins the Auckland FC first team
- Market Rhys Reid steps up from the Auckland FC academy
- Market Auckland FC promote Rhys Webb from within