The Southern United Herald
Market31 Aug 2026
Ryan De Vries asks to leave Southern United
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market31 Aug 2026
Auckland City 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Southern United
Ryan McCowatt 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Team Wellington watching Jake Lewis
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Southern United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market31 Aug 2026
Deklan Garbett moves on
Auckland City pay $60.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Southern United lose Marco Bell
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
- Squad Joe Smith falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Noah Lockyer stays put
- The dugout Alex Bell knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout The manager comes out for Oliver Lewis