The Canterbury United Gazette
The terraces13 Sep 2027
Anger at Canterbury United spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Boardroom13 Sep 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at Canterbury United
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Canterbury United is running low.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Oliver Smith damages knee ligaments — 54 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 54 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market13 Sep 2027
Bill Just 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Oliver Reid is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Canterbury United
Alex Payne 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.
In brief
- Squad Oliver Colvey has improved at 34, which nobody expected
- Loan watch Jai McCowatt has seen enough of Auckland City
- Market The market said no: Deklan Waine stays put