Francis Colvey

Right Midfielder - Southern United U20
29 Aug 2027
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8 Edition

The Southern United Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Sep 2026

Jake Waine 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.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Michael Smith 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 Southern United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A late step up for Simon Palmer

At 26 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Southern United Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market7 Sep 2026

Clayton Cacace 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 Southern United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Words at Southern United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nathan Watson is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Ben Barbarouses signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ben Barbarouses and Southern United agree another 3 years.

In brief

5 Edition

The Southern United Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Stefan Kirwan 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 Southern United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Jake Waine 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Noah Garbett 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.

In brief