Tim McCowatt

Goalkeeper - Southern United
28 Jan 2029
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Marked for Tim McCowatt

125 Edition

The Southern United Herald

18 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad18 Dec 2028

Nil Santiago 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.

Squad18 Dec 2028

Tim McCowatt signs a new deal

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

Squad18 Dec 2028

Tim McCowatt out for 17 days

The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Tim McCowatt, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout18 Dec 2028

Josaia Sela 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 ahead18 Dec 2028

Southern United host Canterbury United

Next up at home: Canterbury United, who go into it in position 4. The kind of fixture a season is quietly built on or quietly loses its shape in.

Squad18 Dec 2028

Questions about Jake Just on the training pitch

The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.

In brief

Back issues
124 Edition

The Southern United Herald

11 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match9 Dec 2028

No clean sheets in sight for Southern United

12 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.

Match9 Dec 2028

Nowhere to hide for Southern United

0‑6 against Auckland City, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Match9 Dec 2028

No end in sight to Southern United's wait for a win

8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Southern United has to find a result from somewhere.

Match9 Dec 2028

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Southern United and Auckland City in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Player ratings11 Dec 2028

Clayton Payne was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad11 Dec 2028

Beaten 6 times: a bad day for Ben Nelson

5 saves does not settle the argument about whose fault it was, and the argument will run all week. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines whoever caused them.

Squad11 Dec 2028

A falling-out at Southern United

Nil Santiago and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match11 Dec 2028

Halfway: Southern United sit in position 7

1 points at the turn. The first half of a season is a promise; the second is a bill, and the town is about to find out which of the two this one was.

Boardroom11 Dec 2028

Inquest at Southern United

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief

108 Edition

The Southern United Herald

21 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad21 Aug 2028

A fracture rules Chris Kirwan out for 64 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Southern United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market21 Aug 2028

Chris Kirwan has said yes to Canterbury United

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Southern United have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Transfer targets21 Aug 2028

Fee done, terms next for Stefan Cacace

Southern United and Waitakere United have settled on $6.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Transfer targets21 Aug 2028

Owen Colvey is a medical away from Southern United

The deal with WaiBOP United is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad21 Aug 2028

A falling-out at Southern United

Clayton Payne and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Matt Stamatelopoulos signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Matt Stamatelopoulos and Southern United agree another 3 years.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Words at Southern United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Clayton Rufer 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.

The dugout21 Aug 2028

No hiding place for Tim McCowatt

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tim McCowatt, and the manager let it.

The dugout21 Aug 2028

Bill Waine gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Bill Waine is on it.

In brief