The Southern United Herald
The terraces11 Oct 2027
The mood at Southern United has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at Southern United
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Southern United is running low.
Market11 Oct 2027
Sam Just 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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Dane Waine signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dane Waine commits to Southern United for another 3 years.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Southern United
Jai Boxall 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 dugout11 Oct 2027
Dane Waine gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Dane Sutton falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout11 Oct 2027
When it matters, Tommy Reid plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market11 Oct 2027
Still no signature from Winston Singh
4 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Southern United could get for him.
In brief
- Squad Ning Fangze remains an outsider
- The dugout Tim Nelson knocks on the manager’s door