The Auckland City Post
Squad7 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Dane Lockyer out for 66 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Auckland City will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad7 Dec 2026
José Luis Miñano stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” José Luis Miñano and Auckland City agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Auckland City
David Yoo 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
José Luis Miñano 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.
Looking ahead7 Dec 2026
The big one: Southern United come into view
Two sides from the top of the table, one afternoon, and a month of talk decided in ninety minutes. Auckland City will not use the word title this week and will not stop thinking it.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Jackson Manuel gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- The dugout Christian Gray has been promised minutes
- The dugout The manager comes out for David Yoo