Michael Payne

Goalkeeper - Canterbury United U20
28 Feb 2027
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11 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Canterbury United

Tommy De Vries 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words at Canterbury United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stefan Nelson 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Michael Payne is not doing himself any favours

A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.

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7 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Sep 2026

Jordan Vale 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 Canterbury United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Canterbury United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tommy De Vries was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Michael Payne is not doing himself any favours

A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.

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