Sam Lockyer

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37 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match12 Apr 2027

WaiBOP United refuse to drop out of the race

Position 2, 28 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Francis Sutton 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.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Chris Wood 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.

Squad12 Apr 2027

Ryan Fenton stays put

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

Loan watch12 Apr 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 34 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout12 Apr 2027

Kosta McCowatt 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

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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