Noah Sutton

Central Defender - Southern United
27 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Noah Sutton

6 Edition

The Southern United Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Noah Sutton 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 The request is on a desk at Southern United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Callum Bell 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Southern United

Dean Wilson 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.

Squad

Tim Kirwan 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.

Squad

Noah Colvey signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Noah Colvey commits to Southern United for another 3 years.

Market

The Kosta Van Hattum question follows Southern United around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Kosta Van Hattum’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Southern United Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Hawke's Bay United come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Southern United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Dean Wilson 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.

Squad

Words at Southern United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tim Kirwan 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.

Squad

James Singh 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.

Squad

Noah Boxall stays put

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

Market

Noah Singh 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 Noah Singh stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

1 Edition

The Southern United Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Declan Simpson 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.

Squad

Kosta Van Hattum 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.

Market

Hawke's Bay United join the queue for Sam Garbett

Add another name to the list: Hawke's Bay United have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Sam Garbett. The answer from Southern United has not changed — yet.

Squad

Tim Kirwan 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.

Market

Noah Sutton 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 Noah Sutton stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

Kosta Van Hattum 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 Kosta Van Hattum trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief