The Southern United Herald
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Southern United
James James 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 dugout16 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Stefan Reid
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Stefan Reid, and the manager let it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Southern United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Stefan Sutton was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Cameron Just asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
Southern United host Hawke's Bay United
Next up at home: Hawke's Bay United, who go into it in position 5. The kind of fixture a season is quietly built on or quietly loses its shape in.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Winston Tuiloma makes the division’s eleven — 6.60
Marked 6.60, and picked in the team of the week for it. He was the best player on that pitch and the selectors saw the same match everybody else did.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on James James
- Squad Sam Stamatelopoulos is out on the grass again