Tommy Sutton

Striker - Auckland FC
20 Sep 2026
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Marked for Tommy Sutton

7 Edition

The Auckland FC Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Sep 2026

Jonty Bidois is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Auckland FC

Louis Verstraete 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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Guillermo May has improved at 28, 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
7 Edition

The Southern United Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Sep 2026

Tommy Wood damages knee ligaments — 25 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Real improvement from Sam Fenton at Southern United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Sam Fenton is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Marco Singh 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.

In brief

5 Edition

The Southern United Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Sam 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.

Market31 Aug 2026

Auckland FC watching Tommy Sutton

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Southern United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Dane 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

4 Edition

The Southern United Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Aug 2026

Dane Garbett 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.

Market24 Aug 2026

Southern United turn down Auckland FC for Tommy Sutton

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Southern United

Dane Just 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Chris Barbarouses 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Owen Van Hattum 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.

Market24 Aug 2026

Joe Smith is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Southern United has been clear about where Joe Smith stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief