Jackson Simpson

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Western Sydney Wanderers
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Marked for Jackson Simpson

444 Edition

The Western Sydney Wanderers Chronicle

29 Jan 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match24 Jan 2035

The small margins put Western Sydney Wanderers out

Out, 0‑2 to Wellington Phoenix, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Match27 Jan 2035

Western Sydney Wanderers win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 91th minute. Macarthur FC will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Squad29 Jan 2035

Jackson Simpson breaks a bone — 21 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 21 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings29 Jan 2035

Vintage Alou Kuol — 8.04

At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.04, and nobody on the pitch better.

Market29 Jan 2035

Auckland City come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Western Sydney Wanderers did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market29 Jan 2035

Scott Wood has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Western Sydney Wanderers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad29 Jan 2035

Tempers go at Western Sydney Wanderers

Angus Thurgate was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets29 Jan 2035

Door shut on Grant Fisher

Western Sydney Wanderers asked and Wellington Phoenix said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match27 Jan 2035

Alou Kuol sends Western Sydney Wanderers past Macarthur FC

It finished 1‑0, and it was Alou Kuol’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Western Sydney Wanderers.

In brief

Back issues
407 Edition

The Western Sydney Wanderers Chronicle

15 May 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Market15 May 2034

Shane Gallagher 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 Western Sydney Wanderers can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout15 May 2034

Patrick Watson says Western Sydney Wanderers went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad15 May 2034

Angus Thurgate 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.

Squad15 May 2034

A falling-out at Western Sydney Wanderers

Zachary De Jesus and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market15 May 2034

Flynn Nelson steps up from the Western Sydney Wanderers academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Flynn Nelson 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.

Market15 May 2034

Western Sydney Wanderers promote Sean Rogers from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sean Rogers 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.

Market15 May 2034

Jackson Simpson steps up from the Western Sydney Wanderers academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jackson Simpson 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.

The dugout15 May 2034

Alou Kuol gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Alou Kuol is on it.

The dugout15 May 2034

Andile Dala asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief