Defensive Midfielder - Southern United U20
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29 Edition

The Southern United Herald

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market15 Feb 2027

Winston Waine puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Southern United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad15 Feb 2027

Words exchanged at Southern United

Owen Van Hattum and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad15 Feb 2027

5 new faces, and Southern United are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief

Back issues
24 Edition

The Southern United Herald

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match11 Jan 2027

Southern United sink to position 5

15 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market11 Jan 2027

Marco Bell puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Southern United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Real improvement from Winston Waine at Southern United

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

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

Southern United make their move for Oliver Garbett

$21.0K on the table at Waitakere United. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

Both jobs done by Tim De Vries — 6.84

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 14 actions, 6.84, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

Match9 Jan 2027

Southern United come up short against Hawke's Bay United

Hawke's Bay United left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Michael Rufer signs on for more

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

Transfer targets11 Jan 2027

WaiBOP United tell Southern United: Ryan Wood is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Southern United

Owen Van Hattum 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

8 Edition

The Southern United Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Southern United

Ilisoni Lolaivalu 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.

Market21 Sep 2026

Southern United put Chris Wood up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Chris Wood may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Squad21 Sep 2026

a squad player is fit again

Full training, no reaction, and a player who wants to be picked immediately. Southern United will hold him back a week and he will spend it arguing.