The Auckland FC Sentinel
Match20 Oct 2046
A hiding for Auckland FC
Beaten 2‑5 by Perth Glory, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad22 Oct 2046
Auckland FC lose Jackson Davies
40 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match20 Oct 2046
Auckland FC are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 5 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Match20 Oct 2046
Nobody could stop scoring
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Auckland FC and Perth Glory in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Boardroom22 Oct 2046
10 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.
The terraces22 Oct 2046
The crowd has taken to Adrian Bell
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market22 Oct 2046
Auckland FC promote Travis Wright from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Travis Wright 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.
Market22 Oct 2046
One of our own: Marcus Marshall joins the Auckland FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcus Marshall is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Oct 2046
One of our own: Peter Simpson joins the Auckland FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Simpson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Darren Butler steps up from the Auckland FC academy
- Player ratings One of those days for Adrian Bell
- Boardroom Doors closed at Auckland FC