Dane McCowatt

Central Midfielder - Southern United U18
12 Feb 2028
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Marked for Dane McCowatt

45 Edition

The Southern United Herald

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad7 Jun 2027

A fracture rules Dane Reid out for 62 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Southern United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad7 Jun 2027

Clayton Singh stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Clayton Singh and Southern United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad7 Jun 2027

A row about effort at Southern United

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

Squad7 Jun 2027

Tempers go at Southern United

Joe Sutton 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.

Boardroom7 Jun 2027

Open for business: Southern United enter the window

The registration window is open and the phone has started. Between now and the deadline this club will be linked with forty players and sign three, which is the usual ratio.

The dugout7 Jun 2027

a squad player 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 a squad player is on it.

In brief

Back issues
43 Edition

The Southern United Herald

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad24 May 2027

76 days out for Dane Reid 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.

Squad24 May 2027

A row about effort at Southern United

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

Squad24 May 2027

A falling-out at Southern United

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

In brief

34 Edition

The Southern United Herald

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad22 Mar 2027

15 days out for Bill Van Hattum 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.

Market22 Mar 2027

Jake McCowatt has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Southern United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad22 Mar 2027

Words at Southern United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alexander Thompson 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.

Squad22 Mar 2027

A falling-out at Southern United

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

The dugout22 Mar 2027

No hiding place for Dane Reid

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

Market22 Mar 2027

The shop window has Tommy Nelson in it

Southern United have let the market know Tommy Nelson can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

2 Edition

The Southern United Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Liberato McCowatt stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Liberato McCowatt and Southern United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Alexander Thompson 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Still no ink between Southern United and Alexander Thompson

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Southern United, another week without a signature from Alexander Thompson.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Southern United try to borrow Owen Stamatelopoulos

Waitakere United have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Alexander Thompson knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alexander Thompson trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Dane McCowatt 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