The Canterbury United Gazette
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Chris Barbarouses, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.63
A mark of 7.63 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Francis Lockyer was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 24. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Canterbury United
Francis Fenton and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match7 Nov 2026
A bad afternoon for Canterbury United against Waitakere United
2‑3 to Waitakere United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Joe Just signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Joe Just commits to Canterbury United for another 3 years.
Loan watch9 Nov 2026
Ben Cacace counts the days
“I watch every Canterbury United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Team Wellington runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Kosta Barbarouses: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 2‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Callum Sutton
“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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Tommy McCowatt
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
In brief
- Squad A first team debut at 15 for Tim Fenton
- Squad Tim Fenton finally opens his account
- Player ratings Owen Nelson wins it from the bench