The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad25 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jai Fenton
99 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Dale Edwards puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hawke's Bay United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market25 Jan 2027
Hawke's Bay United say no — this time
The offer from Southern United for Dale Edwards was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad25 Jan 2027
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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Southern United join the queue for Chris Lewis
Add another name to the list: Southern United have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Chris Lewis. The answer from Hawke's Bay United has not changed — yet.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Hawke's Bay United count the cost of losing Sam Boxall
14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Loan watch Marco Nelson wants to come home
- Squad Joe Stamatelopoulos falls out with a teammate over standards