The Cambridge United Post
Squad14 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Louis Appéré out for 104 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Cambridge United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
James Brophy 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A move Jenson Jones would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Jenson Jones is living that version at Cambridge United, and it tends to show in the first month.
Match12 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Cambridge United's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Cambridge United has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Shayne Lavery 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Dominic Ball gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market14 Sep 2026
Cambridge United and Dan Butler are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Match12 Sep 2026
Cambridge United share the spoils with Grimsby Town
A 2‑2 draw with Grimsby Town leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market14 Sep 2026
Cambridge United buy the years ahead of Jenson Jones
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
In brief
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Josh Kelly
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Ben Knight
- Player ratings The referee tires of Dominic Ball