The Southern United Herald
Market27 Dec 2027
Adhiel Carrillo asks to leave Southern United
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match25 Dec 2027
Still nobody has beaten Southern United
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market27 Dec 2027
Noah Fenton is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Southern United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Tempers go at Southern United
Declan Riley 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.
Player ratings27 Dec 2027
Declan Riley in the eights
A performance of 8.27 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match25 Dec 2027
Southern United hit back inside 1 minutes
Team Wellington held the lead for 1 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Southern United answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.
Squad27 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Ryan Lockyer
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match25 Dec 2027
Honours even between Southern United and Team Wellington
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Player ratings27 Dec 2027
Marco Van Hattum runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad Sam Lewis has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Roger Emga
- Boardroom The Southern United production line keeps running