The Southern United Herald
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tim Bell damages knee ligaments — 112 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 112 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market26 Jul 2027
Joe Cacace agrees terms with Team Wellington
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Southern United people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market26 Jul 2027
Sam Singh 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 The request is on a desk at Southern United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Southern United
Luka Ivan Skoko 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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
No deal for Liberato Tuiloma at that price
Southern United offered $3.0K; WaiBOP United said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Canterbury United tell Southern United: Cameron Garbett 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Nicolás Toledo 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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Southern United try to borrow Adam Bell
Auckland City have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
A loan move for Monty Payne is in the works
Southern United have made the call to Canterbury United. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Squad Bill Sutton stays put
- Market WaiBOP United expected to open talks for Cameron Kirwan
- Market Marco Kirwan runs his contract down