Chris Singh

Right Forward - Canterbury United
3 Oct 2026
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Process

Marked for Chris Singh

8 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Tim Cacace out for 73 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Canterbury United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Real improvement from Stefan Sutton at Canterbury United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Stefan Sutton is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

A late step up for Marco Lockyer

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
7 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Tim Cacace out for 80 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Canterbury United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Bill Colvey 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 The request is on a desk at Canterbury United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Clayton Colvey is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

In brief

5 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sam Rufer 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 The request is on a desk at Canterbury United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Canterbury United

Kwenzakwenkosi Mbatha 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

Chris Singh 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.

In brief

3 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Waitakere United come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Canterbury United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Tempers go at Canterbury United

Kwenzakwenkosi Mbatha 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

No hiding place for Stefan Sutton

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Stefan Sutton, and the manager let it.

In brief

1 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Kwenzakwenkosi Mbatha signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kwenzakwenkosi Mbatha and Canterbury United agree another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Canterbury United

Chris Singh 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

Marco Lockyer 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.

Squad

Marco Lockyer 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.

Market

Liberato Cacace is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Canterbury United has been clear about where Liberato Cacace stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

Nobody at Canterbury United has picked up the phone to Cameron Waine

12 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

In brief