Tommy Sutton

Central Defender - Hawke's Bay United
24 Jun 2027
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Marked for Tommy Sutton

44 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad31 May 2027

Nnayerem Kenneth is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad31 May 2027

Dale Edwards 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.

Squad31 May 2027

Tommy Sutton has improved at 24, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

In brief

Back issues
18 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market30 Nov 2026

Dale Edwards 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.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Dale Edwards scores twice — 8.71

Two goals and a mark of 8.71 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Dale Edwards 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.

Match28 Nov 2026

Canterbury United take the points off Hawke's Bay United

Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Francis De Vries runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad30 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Nnayerem Kenneth

“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.

Loan watch30 Nov 2026

Marco Nelson wants to come home

“I did not go to Auckland City to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hawke's Bay United and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 15 matches say the rest.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Alex De Vries 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.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Sam Just 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.

In brief

11 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market12 Oct 2026

Clayton Cacace asks to leave Hawke's Bay 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Kosta Van Hattum is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Tommy Sutton stays put

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

In brief

9 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 Sep 2026

Alex De Vries is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Dale Edwards 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.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Tommy Sutton has improved at 24, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

In brief