Sam Just

Central Midfielder - Southern United
21 Sep 2026
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Marked for Sam Just

7 Edition

The Southern United Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Sep 2026

Real improvement from Sam Just at Southern United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Sam Just is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Late improvement for Jai McCowatt

At 24 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Southern United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dane Kirwan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A falling-out at Southern United

Deklan Van Hattum and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Loan watch14 Sep 2026

Cameron Sutton wants to come home

“I did not go to Team Wellington to sit and watch. I want to come back to Southern United and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Market14 Sep 2026

The market said no: Winston Stamatelopoulos stays put

Southern United opened the door and nobody walked through it. So Winston Stamatelopoulos stays — listed, trained, and available — while both sides mark the days to January on the same calendar.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Southern United Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Southern United turn down Hawke's Bay United for Dane Fenton

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Southern United

Dane Fenton 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.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Sam Just 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Dane Kirwan 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Joe Reid stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Joe Reid and Southern United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market17 Aug 2026

The shop window has Winston Stamatelopoulos in it

Southern United have let the market know Winston Stamatelopoulos can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

2 Edition

The Southern United Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Team Wellington come back empty-handed

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

Dane Fenton signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dane Fenton and Southern United agree another 3 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Dane Fenton 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.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Waitakere United tell Southern United: James Rufer is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Southern United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jai McCowatt was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Stefan Tuiloma

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Stefan Tuiloma, and the manager let it.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Dane Fenton knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Southern United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market10 Aug 2026

No place for Jake Cacace in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Jake Cacace has his answer from Southern United; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Market10 Aug 2026

Southern United put Tommy Garbett up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Tommy Garbett may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief