The Canterbury United Gazette
Squad19 Oct 2026
Real improvement from James Stamatelopoulos at Canterbury United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. James Stamatelopoulos is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Canterbury United
James Stamatelopoulos was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A late step up for Bill Sutton
At 29 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 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.
Boardroom19 Oct 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Canterbury United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Canterbury United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michael McCowatt 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
One of our own: Stefan Garbett joins the Canterbury United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Stefan Garbett is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Oct 2026
Canterbury United promote Monty Bell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Monty Bell 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
Chris Cacace steps up from the Canterbury United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Chris Cacace has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Loan watch19 Oct 2026
Clayton Tuiloma wants to come home
“I did not go to Team Wellington to sit and watch. I want to come back to Canterbury United and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 7 matches say the rest.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Canterbury United
- Looking ahead The leaders are next for Canterbury United
- The dugout Joseph Watson asks for a word with the manager