Dane Cacace

Central Defender - Canterbury United
10 Sep 2026
Thursday
Process

Marked for Dane Cacace

6 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Dane Cacace hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Canterbury United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Canterbury United

Francis Colvey 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.

Squad

Ryan Just 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Winston Barbarouses

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

Squad

Somebody is after Clayton Nelson’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Clayton Nelson suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Canterbury United have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

Market

Canterbury United borrow Cameron Lockyer

A season-long look at somebody else’s player: Cameron Lockyer arrives from Team Wellington with something to prove and a return ticket in the drawer. Good loans make everybody richer; this one starts Saturday.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Dane Cacace asks to leave Canterbury United

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Francis Colvey signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Francis Colvey and Canterbury United agree another 3 years.

Squad

Stefan Payne 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.

Squad

Francis Colvey 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bill Van Hattum

“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.

Market

Owen Tuiloma attracts admirers

The name of Owen Tuiloma has come up in conversations Canterbury United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

In brief