Noah Smith

Defensive Midfielder - Canterbury United
1 Dec 2026
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Marked for Noah Smith

16 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad16 Nov 2026

Alex Bell 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.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Alex Boxall 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.

The terraces16 Nov 2026

Canterbury United supporters have found a favourite in Tim Lockyer

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 14-year-old it feels ownership of. Tim Lockyer has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match14 Nov 2026

Michael Payne sends Canterbury United past Team Wellington

It finished 1‑0, and it was Michael Payne’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Canterbury United.

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

One of those days for Michael Payne

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.31, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Noah Smith

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

Squad16 Nov 2026

Jake McCowatt signs on for more

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

Loan watch16 Nov 2026

Ryan Reid wants to come home

“I did not go to Team Wellington to sit and watch. I want to come back to Canterbury United and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Clayton Reid kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

In brief

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10 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Oct 2026

The step up is real for Tim McCowatt

At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Market5 Oct 2026

Joe De Vries puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Canterbury United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Michael Payne has improved at 26, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 4 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Canterbury United

Alex Bell 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.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Liberato Bell signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Liberato Bell commits to Canterbury United for another 2 years.

Market5 Oct 2026

Still no ink between Canterbury United and Noah Smith

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Canterbury United, another week without a signature from Noah Smith.

In brief