The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad26 Oct 2026
Adam Bell damages knee ligaments — 55 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 55 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Hawke's Bay United
Kosta Sutton and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match24 Oct 2026
Late, late show earns Hawke's Bay United a point
Minute 86, against Waitakere United, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.
Loan watch26 Oct 2026
Alex Sutton counts the days
“I watch every Hawke's Bay United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Team Wellington runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match24 Oct 2026
Clayton Colvey rescues a point for Hawke's Bay United
It needed Clayton Colvey to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Waitakere United, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tim Nelson stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tim Nelson and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Callum Sutton: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 2‑2 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Hawke's Bay United pick somebody else ahead of Tim Just
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Looking ahead26 Oct 2026
A test against the best for Hawke's Bay United
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Auckland City.
In brief
- Squad Clayton Colvey scores his first for Hawke's Bay United
- Looking ahead Adam Bell faces his old club
- Player ratings Kosta Sutton was unplayable