The Canterbury United Gazette
Market9 Aug 2027
Canterbury United say no — this time
The offer from WaiBOP United for Clayton Lockyer was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Body signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Body and Canterbury United agree another 1 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Body 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Words at Canterbury United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tim Lewis 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Michael Smith has improved at 25, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Market9 Aug 2027
James Cacace's agent talks up a move
“He is at an age where he has to be playing at the top level. We will listen to anybody.” The representative of James Cacace is not being subtle.
In brief
- Market James Payne leaves for nothing
- Market Ben Payne leaves for nothing