Sam Just

Central Midfielder - Canterbury United
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Marked for Sam Just

33 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market15 Mar 2027

Cameron Bell 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 Mar 2027

At 20, Oliver McCowatt is already the best thing here

An average of 7.01 in a first team he is several years too young for. Canterbury United have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad15 Mar 2027

A row about effort at Canterbury United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Oliver McCowatt was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad15 Mar 2027

Words exchanged at Canterbury United

Michael Sutton and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout15 Mar 2027

No hiding place for Sam Just

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sam Just, and the manager let it.

Squad15 Mar 2027

Sam Just: “I am not a substitute”

“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Canterbury United will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.

Market15 Mar 2027

The shop window has Sam Van Hattum in it

Canterbury United have let the market know Sam Van Hattum can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

The dugout15 Mar 2027

Cameron 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.

Market15 Mar 2027

Marco Bell leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Marco Bell leaves Canterbury United the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

Back issues
31 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout1 Mar 2027

Sam Just says Canterbury United went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Winston Van Hattum 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.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Words at Canterbury United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oliver McCowatt is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Loan watch1 Mar 2027

Owen Sutton has seen enough of Melbourne Victory

“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 1 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

When it matters, Clayton Bell plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

Sam Van Hattum knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Canterbury United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief