The Canterbury United Gazette
Player ratings1 Nov 2027
A brace, and Clayton Boxall takes the afternoon — 8.03
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Clayton Boxall provided it, and the 8.03 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Clayton Boxall 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.
Match30 Oct 2027
Clayton Boxall the difference as Canterbury United beat Southern United
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Clayton Boxall. 3‑1 against Southern United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces1 Nov 2027
One of their own: Cameron Rufer
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match30 Oct 2027
Clayton Boxall at the heart of a fast Canterbury United start
2 goals inside twenty minutes with Clayton Boxall in the middle of it, and Southern United unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Sam Singh signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sam Singh commits to Canterbury United for another 3 years.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Marco Stamatelopoulos 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.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
Francis Barbarouses: “That is the standard”
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 3‑1, already talking about the next one.
The dugout1 Nov 2027
Tim Colvey gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Tim Colvey is on it.
In brief
- Squad Canterbury United take the armband off Tim Colvey
- Looking ahead Matt McCowatt faces his old club
- The dugout Winston Rufer asks for a word with the manager