Jackson King

Attacking Midfielder (C) - WaiBOP United
20 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Jackson King

6 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Oliver Fenton hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WaiBOP United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Jackson King was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

A late step up for George Kelly

At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Kosta Nelson

15 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. WaiBOP United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Tommy Lockyer puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at WaiBOP United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Jackson King 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 WaiBOP United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

3 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Kosta Nelson

29 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. WaiBOP United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Joe Just was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

The Monty Garbett conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Hapoel Kfar Saba will make the call about Monty Garbett this week. WaiBOP United have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Squad

Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. George Kelly 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.

Squad

This league is too small for Jackson King

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. WaiBOP United will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Market

Oliver Kirwan told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Oliver Kirwan has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at WaiBOP United.

In brief