The Canterbury United Gazette
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
Canterbury United put Sam Just on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Market5 Apr 2027
Ryan Nelson 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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Callum Garbett 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.
Loan watch5 Apr 2027
Ben De Vries has seen enough of WaiBOP United
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Canterbury United, and 0 appearances in 32 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Marco Nelson
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Owen McCowatt asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
Canterbury United pull $255.9K back off the table
The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Market5 Apr 2027
The Owen McCowatt question follows Canterbury United around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Owen McCowatt’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market5 Apr 2027
The clock runs on Chris Smith's contract
8 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
- Boardroom The Canterbury United dressing room answers
- Squad Ryan Stamatelopoulos has settled at Canterbury United