Bill Sutton

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54 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad9 Aug 2027

The step up is real for Marco Cacace

At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad9 Aug 2027

A falling-out at Hawke's Bay United

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

Squad9 Aug 2027

Bill Wood signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Bill Wood and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years.

Squad9 Aug 2027

A row about effort at Hawke's Bay United

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

The dugout9 Aug 2027

Dane Waine has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Hawke's Bay United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

Bill Waine 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.

In brief

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37 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match12 Apr 2027

The view from the top for Hawke's Bay United

31 points, and the rest of the division looking up. Every side that finishes first spends the season pretending it is not thinking about it, and this one has started pretending.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Cameron Boxall 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.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Winston Payne 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 dugout12 Apr 2027

Winston Payne has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Hawke's Bay United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout12 Apr 2027

Tim McCowatt 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 dugout12 Apr 2027

Bill Singh 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 Hawke's Bay United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

27 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad1 Feb 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Stefan Sutton

32 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hawke's Bay United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match27 Jan 2027

Hawke's Bay United march on in the cup

Team Wellington are out and Hawke's Bay United go through, 2‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings1 Feb 2027

Tim De Vries, 19, steals the show — 7.64

Marked 7.64 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Boardroom1 Feb 2027

Deadline passes with 0 signed and 0 gone

That is the business done at Hawke's Bay United until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Squad1 Feb 2027

A falling-out at Hawke's Bay United

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

The terraces1 Feb 2027

One of their own: Tim De Vries

He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Player ratings1 Feb 2027

Tim Payne was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.56. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Hawke's Bay United count the cost of losing Bill Sutton

20 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad1 Feb 2027

A row about effort at Hawke's Bay United

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

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout Cameron Boxall has become a man the manager trusts
  • The dugout Jake Cacace gets it from the manager