The WaiBOP United Gazette
Squad26 Oct 2026
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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
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 ratings26 Oct 2026
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.
Match24 Oct 2026
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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
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 dugout26 Oct 2026
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 dugout26 Oct 2026
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 dugout26 Oct 2026
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
- The dugout Joe Bell knocks on the manager’s door
- Looking ahead WaiBOP United host Waitakere United