The Canterbury United Gazette
Match8 Feb 2027
Canterbury United are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 27 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market8 Feb 2027
Tommy Colvey asks to leave Canterbury United
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Deklan Lockyer stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Deklan Lockyer and Canterbury United agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Canterbury United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kosta Smith 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The month belongs to Tommy Bell
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Canterbury United have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Cameron Nelson named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Cameron Nelson is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
In brief
- Market Chris Smith returns from a loan that gave him nothing
- Market The market said no: Jai Boxall stays put
- Boardroom The Canterbury United board put their names to it