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Marked for Winston Just

33 Edition

The Southern United Herald

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad15 Mar 2027

38 days out for Roberto Castro after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Southern United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

The dugout15 Mar 2027

Winston Just: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Southern United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad15 Mar 2027

A row about effort at Southern United

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

Squad15 Mar 2027

Callum McCowatt 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.

The dugout15 Mar 2027

Ryan Wood gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ryan Wood is on it.

Loan watch15 Mar 2027

The goals keep arriving from Ryan Hughes’s exile

3 goals in 12 games at Canterbury United — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Southern United updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

In brief

Back issues
32 Edition

The Southern United Herald

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad8 Mar 2027

Liberato Stamatelopoulos signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Liberato Stamatelopoulos commits to Southern United for another 2 years.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Tempers go at Southern United

Ben De Vries 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.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Oliver Rufer 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 dugout8 Mar 2027

Ben De Vries 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.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Too much change too quickly at Southern United

10 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout8 Mar 2027

Alfie Rogers has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Southern 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.

In brief

18 Edition

The Southern United Herald

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market30 Nov 2026

Oliver Rufer 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 Southern United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match30 Nov 2026

Southern United are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 9 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Ryan De Vries, 20, steals the show — 7.73

Marked 7.73 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Southern United

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

Match28 Nov 2026

Southern United are at home on the road

4 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Southern United

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

Match28 Nov 2026

Ryan De Vries the difference as Southern United beat WaiBOP United

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ryan De Vries. 1‑0 against WaiBOP United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Winston Just

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

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Nothing got past Ben De Vries

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 17 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Player ratings Oliver Rufer beats them one at a time
  • The dugout Ryan De Vries has become a man the manager trusts
3 Edition

The Southern United Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

The knee: Bill Fenton out for 123 days

123 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Southern United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market17 Aug 2026

Southern United say no — this time

The offer from WaiBOP United for Ben De Vries 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Ben De Vries 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.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Canterbury United tell Southern United: Liberato Garbett is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Ben De Vries 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Southern United

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

Squad17 Aug 2026

No place for Stefan Wood in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Southern United are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

Market17 Aug 2026

Southern United bring in Stefan Wood on loan

A season-long audition: Canterbury United still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Southern United's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.

Market17 Aug 2026

Clayton Van Hattum's agent talks up a move

“He is at an age where he has to be playing at the top level. We will listen to anybody.” The representative of Clayton Van Hattum is not being subtle.

In brief