The Canterbury United Gazette
Match2 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Canterbury United's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Canterbury United has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tim Just 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
Auckland City watching Tim Payne
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Canterbury United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Matt Payne 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.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Tim Just stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.78 on the card, and the Canterbury United support went home talking about one name.
Loan watch4 Jan 2027
Ryan Wood counts the days
“I watch every Canterbury United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Melbourne City runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match2 Jan 2027
James Just rescues a point for Canterbury United
It needed James Just to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Team Wellington, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Tim Payne
“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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Stefan 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.
In brief
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Francis Colvey
- Market The shop window has Oliver Wood in it
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Stefan Garbett