The Canterbury United Gazette
Squad7 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Alex Bell
101 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Canterbury United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market7 Sep 2026
Owen Kirwan 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 The request is on a desk at Canterbury United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Canterbury United close the window on a squad of their own making
0 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The step up is real for Hugo Cano
At 20 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Canterbury United
Monty Tuiloma 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Late improvement for Stefan Fenton
At 25 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Canterbury United and Clayton Just
- The dugout No hiding place for Djordje Radonjic
- The dugout Tim Boxall knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Owen Kirwan