The Canterbury United Gazette
Squad25 Oct 2027
Noah Colvey keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Canterbury United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Liberato De Vries 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.
Match23 Oct 2027
Brandon McCallum’s goal not enough for Canterbury United
Brandon McCallum scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to WaiBOP United, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Joe Just 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Owen Rufer
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market25 Oct 2027
Canterbury United sign Themba Furman, one for the future
Themba Furman is 17, and Canterbury United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Player ratings Off the pace: Matt Lockyer
- Player ratings A day to forget for Joe Just
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Oliver Sutton