The Canterbury United Gazette
Match15 Feb 2027
Canterbury United are in real trouble now
Position 5, 9 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Dane De Vries out for 14 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Canterbury United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market15 Feb 2027
Hugh Nelson 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Canterbury United
Ékené Awazie 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.
Loan watch15 Feb 2027
Sam Just has seen enough of Auckland City
“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 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Callum Van Hattum 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.
In brief
- Squad James Cacace knocks on the manager's door
- Market The window shut and James Cacace is still in the building