The Southern United Herald
Squad9 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Ryan Barbarouses out for 108 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A day Marco Sutton will not forget
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Market9 Nov 2026
Ryan Payne 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 The request is on a desk at Southern United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Marco 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.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
A masterclass from Marco Sutton
Marked 9.42 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Match7 Nov 2026
Marco Sutton sends Southern United past Team Wellington
It finished 3‑1, and it was Marco Sutton’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Southern United.
In brief
- Squad James Van Hattum falls out with a teammate over standards
- Player ratings Everything came through Marco McCowatt
- Player ratings James Van Hattum runs at them all day
- The terraces The press have found their man in Marco Sutton