Liberato Smith

Central Defender - WaiBOP United
22 Aug 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Liberato Smith

3 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Marco Wood puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at WaiBOP United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Ben Tuiloma attracts admirers

The name of Ben Tuiloma has come up in conversations WaiBOP United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Alex Tuiloma 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.

Squad

Monty Boxall stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Monty Boxall and WaiBOP United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stefan Garbett 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.

Squad

Joe Bell gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Callum Singh puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at WaiBOP United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Alex Tuiloma 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.

Squad

Jamie Lee 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.

Market

Sam Waine attracts admirers

The name of Sam Waine has come up in conversations WaiBOP United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Kosta Lockyer stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Kosta Lockyer and WaiBOP United agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

No place for Liberato Smith in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Liberato Smith has his answer from WaiBOP United; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief