The Southern United Herald
Squad18 Oct 2027
Dane Garbett keeps Southern United in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match16 Oct 2027
Chastening afternoon for Southern United
A 0‑3 beating by Auckland City was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Match16 Oct 2027
6 matches without a win for Southern United
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Southern United are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Cameron Singh runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Michael Nelson: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Southern United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market18 Oct 2027
Sam Lewis is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Southern United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Southern United
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match16 Oct 2027
The goals have deserted Southern United
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Southern United can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad18 Oct 2027
A row about effort at Southern United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Cameron Singh was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Southern United
- Market Clayton Lockyer steps up from the Southern United academy
- Market One of our own: Clayton Kirwan joins the Southern United first team