Tim Watson

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The Auckland FC Sentinel

18 Jun 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets18 Jun 2035

$39.0K settles it between the clubs for Andrew Lee

Newcastle Jets have accepted the money. What Auckland FC do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Transfer targets18 Jun 2035

Hugh Spencer due for a Auckland FC medical

Everything agreed with Sydney FC, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad18 Jun 2035

Words at Auckland FC training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luka Pršo 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 dugout18 Jun 2035

Joshua Inserra 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 Joshua Inserra is on it.

The dugout18 Jun 2035

Riley Dalziell 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.

The dugout18 Jun 2035

A door opens for Kane Lee

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

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The Auckland FC Sentinel

23 Oct 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom23 Oct 2034

Auckland FC run out of patience with Ethan Kennedy

The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Ethan Kennedy clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.

Boardroom23 Oct 2034

Auckland FC have nobody left to take training

Not an interim appointment — an institution with an empty coaching office. Somebody unfamiliar will run the sessions this week, and the question of how a club gets into this state is one the board will be asked and will not answer.

Boardroom23 Oct 2034

Interim Coach takes charge at Auckland FC

“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.

The dugout23 Oct 2034

Darren Taylor 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.

Boardroom23 Oct 2034

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.

Match21 Oct 2034

Auckland FC come up short against Perth Glory

Perth Glory left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market23 Oct 2034

One of our own: Dean King joins the Auckland FC first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dean King is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market23 Oct 2034

Auckland FC promote Logan Johnston from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Logan Johnston 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.

Market23 Oct 2034

One of our own: Sean Thompson joins the Auckland FC first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sean Thompson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief