Dane Smith

Striker - Southern United
13 Sep 2026
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Marked for Dane Smith

6 Edition

The Southern United Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market7 Sep 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.

Market7 Sep 2026

Dane Smith 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Southern United

Senzo Hlophe 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.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Clayton Nelson asks to leave Hawke's Bay 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.

Market31 Aug 2026

Cameron De Vries attracts admirers

The name of Cameron De Vries has come up in conversations Hawke's Bay United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market31 Aug 2026

Business is business: Dane Smith goes

Southern United paid $7.0K and Hawke's Bay United took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

In brief

5 Edition

The Southern United Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Southern United say no — this time

The offer from Team Wellington for Ryan De Vries was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market31 Aug 2026

Joe Stamatelopoulos 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Real improvement from Joe Stamatelopoulos at Southern United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Joe Stamatelopoulos is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Southern United

Tim Colvey 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 terraces31 Aug 2026

$7.0K for Dane Smith, and Southern United supporters approve

Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Dane Smith from Hawke's Bay United for $7.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.

Market31 Aug 2026

Auckland City watching Liberato Cacace

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Southern United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief