The Southern United Herald
Market17 Aug 2026
Auckland City 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Oliver Van Hattum 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Clayton Payne 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Marco Boxall 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sam Nelson signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sam Nelson and Southern United agree another 3 years.
Market17 Aug 2026
The shop window has Stefan Cacace in it
Southern United have let the market know Stefan Cacace can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
In brief
- Market Still no signature from David McDonald
- The dugout Sam Nelson asks for a word with the manager
- Squad The training reports on Clayton Sutton are not good
- The dugout Ryan Reid keeps his manager's vote