Ryan Lockyer

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60 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom20 Sep 2027

The scrutiny sharpens at WaiBOP United

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at WaiBOP United is running low.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Oussama Fatmi is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 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.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Jackson Macharia 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 WaiBOP United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

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24 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

No sign of nerves from Sam Reid at 17 — 7.63

The hardest thing about being 17 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Sam Reid did not need any: 7.63, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Zaharaddeen Bello says WaiBOP United went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market11 Jan 2027

Ryan Lockyer asks to leave WaiBOP 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.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Sam Wood 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.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Oussama Fatmi 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 terraces11 Jan 2027

The crowd has taken to Sam Reid

At 17 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match9 Jan 2027

WaiBOP United find a way past Southern United

Southern United made WaiBOP United work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings11 Jan 2027

A masterclass from Ryan Reid

Marked 8.67 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Ryan Reid is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.27 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

In brief

5 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Michael Van Hattum hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WaiBOP United can pretend not to have heard.

Market31 Aug 2026

Southern United join the queue for Monty Wood

Add another name to the list: Southern United have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Monty Wood. The answer from WaiBOP United has not changed — yet.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Zaharaddeen Bello 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.

In brief

4 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Aug 2026

Monty Wood asks to leave WaiBOP 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Zaharaddeen Bello 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 WaiBOP United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Liberato Lewis 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.

In brief