Ryan Singh

Goalkeeper - WaiBOP United
30 Nov 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Ryan Singh

13 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Tim Van Hattum damages knee ligaments — 124 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 124 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.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Ryan Singh

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

A late step up for Kosta Reid

At 30 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.

Player ratings

Ryan Just runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Tim Van Hattum’s goal not enough for WaiBOP United

Tim Van Hattum scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Canterbury United, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

A falling-out at WaiBOP United

Tim Just and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

No hiding place for Ryan Just

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

The dugout

Tim Stamatelopoulos: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout

The form table has caught Jake De Vries

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

In brief

Back issues
12 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The knee: Michael Singh out for 87 days

87 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. WaiBOP United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match

Nowhere to hide for WaiBOP United

0‑4 against Hawke's Bay United, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Ryan Singh

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Ryan Just is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 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.

Market

Only the photograph left for Winston Just

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Winston Just will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around WaiBOP United the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Late improvement for Marco Sutton

At 24 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 4 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

Boardroom

4 academy graduates step up at WaiBOP United

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Market

WaiBOP United promote Oliver De Vries from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oliver De Vries has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

One of our own: Tim McCowatt joins the WaiBOP United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tim McCowatt is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief