Tim Boxall

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85 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

13 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad13 Mar 2028

Deklan Fenton breaks a bone — 15 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 15 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad13 Mar 2028

Words exchanged at WaiBOP United

Francis Sutton and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad13 Mar 2028

A row about effort at WaiBOP United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Chris Wood was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad13 Mar 2028

Tim Boxall signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tim Boxall and WaiBOP United agree another 3 years.

The dugout13 Mar 2028

Ben Barbarouses has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at WaiBOP United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Match13 Mar 2028

WaiBOP United in the hunt for Europe

Position 4, 17 points, and a run-in that decides whether next season has Thursday nights in it. Nobody is calling it a race yet, which is what people say during one.

In brief

Back issues
84 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

6 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad6 Mar 2028

A fracture rules Deklan Fenton out for 22 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason WaiBOP United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad6 Mar 2028

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Francis Sutton 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.

Squad6 Mar 2028

A row about effort at WaiBOP United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Chris Wood was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout6 Mar 2028

Francis Sutton 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 Francis Sutton is on it.

Squad6 Mar 2028

Jai Just is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Jai Just has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

Market6 Mar 2028

The shop window has Joe Payne in it

WaiBOP United have let the market know Joe Payne can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

33 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match15 Mar 2027

WaiBOP United are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 28 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Squad15 Mar 2027

A falling-out at WaiBOP United

Chris Wood and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad15 Mar 2027

Tim Boxall signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tim Boxall and WaiBOP United agree another 3 years.

Loan watch15 Mar 2027

Sam Lockyer has seen enough of Team Wellington

“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 WaiBOP United, and 5 appearances in 30 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad15 Mar 2027

Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kosta Singh 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.

The dugout15 Mar 2027

When it matters, Ben Lockyer plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout15 Mar 2027

The manager makes an example of Tim Boxall

“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.

Squad15 Mar 2027

Owen Lewis still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at WaiBOP United would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

The dugout15 Mar 2027

Cameron Colvey knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Cameron Colvey trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief