Owen Stamatelopoulos

Central Midfielder - Southern United
21 Sep 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Owen Stamatelopoulos

2 Edition

The Southern United Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

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 targets

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.

Squad

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 dugout

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 dugout

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.

Market

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.

Market

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

Back issues
1 Edition

The Southern United Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Southern United

Dane Fenton was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

Team Wellington join the queue for Owen Stamatelopoulos

Add another name to the list: Team Wellington have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Owen Stamatelopoulos. The answer from Southern United has not changed — yet.

Squad

Deklan Lockyer stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Deklan Lockyer and Southern United agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Jai Smith 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.

The dugout

Dane Fenton 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.

Market

No place for Winston Stamatelopoulos in the plan

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

In brief