The Cambridge United Post
Match21 Nov 2026
A hiding for Cambridge United
Beaten 0‑3 by Shrewsbury Town, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Cambridge United
Alex Rolfini and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom23 Nov 2026
Nobody left the Cambridge United dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at Cambridge United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Liam Bennett 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.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Andrew Hawkins: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Wrong net for Shayne Lavery
A touch he did not mean and a goal that goes in the book with his name against it. Cambridge United will not blame him tonight and he will not need them to.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Cambridge United are still strangers to each other
5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Aaron Bott dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Liam Bennett
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market Régis is free to find somewhere else
- The dugout A promise honoured for Shane McLoughlin
- Looking ahead A reunion for Luther James-Wildin