The Southern United Herald
Market9 Aug 2027
Cameron De Vries asks to leave Southern 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The step up is real for Monty Boxall
At 22 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.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Southern United bid $7.0K for Sam Reid
The offer went to Canterbury United this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Southern United
Francis Rufer 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Cameron Singh 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Monty Sutton signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Monty Sutton commits to Southern United for another 3 years.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
Southern United keep their word to Alex Lewis
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
When it matters, Monty Sutton plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market9 Aug 2027
Monty McCowatt placed on the list
Southern United have made Monty McCowatt available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
In brief
- The dugout Monty McCowatt asks for a word with the manager
- Market Matt Smith leaves for nothing
- Market a squad player leaves for nothing