Bassem Aboutrika

Goalkeeper - Southern United
11 Dec 2027
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Marked for Bassem Aboutrika

61 Edition

The Southern United Herald

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market27 Sep 2027

Sanele Mhlangu 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 The request is on a desk at Southern United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad27 Sep 2027

Words at Southern United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Orlando Thorpe is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad27 Sep 2027

A promise honoured for Orlando Thorpe

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Southern United told Orlando Thorpe something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

In brief

Back issues
60 Edition

The Southern United Herald

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad20 Sep 2027

Kosta Smith is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad20 Sep 2027

A late step up for Oliver De Vries

At 31 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Bassem Aboutrika gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Bassem Aboutrika has just signed for Southern United, and for once the answer mattered.

In brief