Ryan Payne

Central Defender - Canterbury United U20
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The Canterbury United Gazette

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Adam Bell in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Canterbury United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

Adam Bell asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout

Dane Bell has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Canterbury United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief