Tim Sutton

Striker - Hawke's Bay United
22 Nov 2026
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16 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad16 Nov 2026

The knee: Alex Payne out for 56 days

56 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Hawke's Bay United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

What a way to start for Alex Lewis — 7.38

1 on the scoresheet on his first appearance and a mark of 7.38 beside it. Most debuts are got through; this one was enjoyed, by him and by everybody watching it.

Squad16 Nov 2026

A fracture rules Kosta De Vries out for 59 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hawke's Bay United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market16 Nov 2026

Tim Sutton hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hawke's Bay United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Jai Stamatelopoulos stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match14 Nov 2026

4 matches without a win for Hawke's Bay United

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Hawke's Bay United are no longer polite ones.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Hawke's Bay United

Monty Boxall 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.

Match14 Nov 2026

Hawke's Bay United come up short against Southern United

Southern United left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Ben Reid

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

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14 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad2 Nov 2026

The knee: Alex Payne out for 71 days

71 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Hawke's Bay United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Monty 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 Hawke's Bay United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match31 Oct 2026

Hawke's Bay United come up short against Auckland City

Auckland City left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Jai Stamatelopoulos

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

Market2 Nov 2026

Still no ink between Hawke's Bay United and Jai Stamatelopoulos

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Hawke's Bay United, another week without a signature from Jai Stamatelopoulos.

Squad2 Nov 2026

James Sutton stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” James Sutton and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Cameron Kirwan answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Marco Smith makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Marco Nelson does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

In brief