The Southern United Herald
Market18 Oct 2027
Jake Lewis hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Southern United can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
The game went through Kosta Lewis — 6.52
Marked 6.52 on 17 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.
Match16 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Southern United's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Southern United has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Joe Stamatelopoulos in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Southern United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Southern United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Joe Reid 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.
Match16 Oct 2027
Southern United come up short against Auckland City
Auckland City left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Tommy Singh joins the Southern United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tommy Singh is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Oct 2027
Michael Bell steps up from the Southern United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Michael Bell has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ben Lockyer joins the Southern United first team
- Squad Winston Nelson gets it from the manager
- Boardroom A promise the Southern United board did not keep