The Southern United Herald
Squad15 Feb 2027
Winston Boxall in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Southern United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Ian Campbell arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Ian Campbell has, at Southern United, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Southern United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alfie Rogers was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Cameron Nelson signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Cameron Nelson and Southern United agree another 3 years.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Bill Kirwan 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.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Alfie Rogers knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alfie Rogers trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market Southern United shop where it costs nothing
- Market Talks stall between Southern United and Makai Welch
- Market Window shut, Tim Sutton still here
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Dean Hamilton