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The Hawke's Bay United Courier

25 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Noah Bell 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 Hawke's Bay United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lassana N'Diaye 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.

Loan watch

Chris Barbarouses counts the days

“I watch every Hawke's Bay United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Western Sydney Wanderers runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief

Back issues
109 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

28 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Hawke's Bay United break the bank for Adam Bell

$320.0K. No player has ever cost Hawke's Bay United more, and expectation arrives with him.

Squad

Lassana N'Diaye gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Lassana N'Diaye has just signed for Hawke's Bay United, and for once the answer mattered.

Market

Hawke's Bay United say no — this time

The offer from Brisbane Roar for Ryan Garbett was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Chris Fenton is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 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 Hawke's Bay United

Noah Bell 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.

The terraces

Hawke's Bay United spend $320.0K on the signing the town wanted

It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $320.0K for Adam Bell, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.

In brief