The Canterbury United Gazette
Market3 Aug 2026
Chris Lockyer 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Canterbury United
Bill Wood 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Noah Singh signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Noah Singh and Canterbury United agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Willem Ebbinge 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Willem Ebbinge
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Canterbury United will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Market3 Aug 2026
Canterbury United and Yakubu Abbas are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Market The clock runs on Jake Sutton's contract
- Market No place for Francis Singh in the plan