The Macarthur FC Chronicle
The terraces31 May 2032
Anger at Macarthur FC spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Match31 May 2032
Every point is an argument now for Macarthur FC
Position 11 and 7 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market31 May 2032
Daniel Cooper hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Macarthur FC can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 May 2032
Words at Macarthur FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sebastian Esposito 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 dugout31 May 2032
The manager makes an example of Luke Vickery
“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.
Squad31 May 2032
Oliver Thomas signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Oliver Thomas and Macarthur FC agree another 3 years.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Macarthur FC
- The dugout Jesse Cummings knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Ethan Cooper is not doing himself any favours