Sam Stamatelopoulos

Striker - Southern United
25 Sep 2027
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The Southern United Herald

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad2 Aug 2027

A falling-out at Southern United

Alexander Thompson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market2 Aug 2027

Waitakere United are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Southern United will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Words at Southern United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joe Sutton 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.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Veljko Tasić wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Southern United can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

The dugout2 Aug 2027

No hiding place for a squad player

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to a squad player, and the manager let it.

The dugout2 Aug 2027

a squad player gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say a squad player is on it.

In brief

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The Southern United Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad19 Oct 2026

Ryan Garbett damages knee ligaments — 69 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 69 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Francis Just breaks a bone — 34 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 34 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Boardroom19 Oct 2026

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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Words at Southern United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alexander Thompson 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Southern United

Joe Sutton 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.

Market19 Oct 2026

Clayton Just steps up from the Southern United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Clayton Just 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.

Market19 Oct 2026

Callum Just steps up from the Southern United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Callum Just 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.

Market19 Oct 2026

Joe Fenton steps up from the Southern United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joe Fenton 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.

Market19 Oct 2026

Sam Stamatelopoulos steps up from the Southern United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sam Stamatelopoulos 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