The Southern United Herald
Market24 Aug 2026
Kosta 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Canterbury 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Alex Waine attracts admirers
The name of Alex Waine has come up in conversations Southern United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Jai Tuiloma 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.
In brief
- Squad Kosta Reid signs a new deal
- Market No place for Ryan Lockyer in the plan