Sam Bell

Defensive Midfielder - Canterbury United
17 Jun 2028
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30 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad22 Feb 2027

Jake Reid damages knee ligaments — 24 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 24 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad22 Feb 2027

Sam Bell: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Canterbury United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad22 Feb 2027

Daniel Mjengu 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.

In brief

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4 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Aug 2026

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 The request is on a desk at Canterbury United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market24 Aug 2026

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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Daniel Mjengu 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Canterbury United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kosta Wood 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Marco Kirwan

“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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Sam Bell stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sam Bell and Canterbury United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief