The Canterbury United Gazette
Squad4 Jan 2027
Alex Smith is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.75 with 31 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Chris Barbarouses keeps Canterbury United in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market4 Jan 2027
Chris Barbarouses 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Alex Smith is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Canterbury United will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Canterbury United
Marco Singh 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.
Match2 Jan 2027
Canterbury United come up short against Team Wellington
Team Wellington left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
One of those days for Jai Garbett
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.32, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Alex Smith was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.10. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Loan watch4 Jan 2027
Callum Singh has seen enough of Team Wellington
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Canterbury United, and 0 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- Market No place for Jai Lewis in the plan
- Market Noah Singh placed on the list
- Player ratings Marco Singh runs at them all day