Ben Sutton

Central Midfielder - Posta Rangers
27 Aug 2028
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55 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market16 Aug 2027

WaiBOP United come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Canterbury United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad16 Aug 2027

Tommy Reid is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 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.

Squad16 Aug 2027

At 21, Tim Reid is already the best thing here

An average of 7.04 in a first team he is several years too young for. Canterbury United have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad16 Aug 2027

Tempers go at Canterbury United

Kye Shaw 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.

Squad16 Aug 2027

Michael Lockyer has improved at 24, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Market16 Aug 2027

Canterbury United borrow Chris Stamatelopoulos

A season-long look at somebody else’s player: Chris Stamatelopoulos arrives from Southern United with something to prove and a return ticket in the drawer. Good loans make everybody richer; this one starts Saturday.

In brief

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51 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market19 Jul 2027

Canterbury United turn down Team Wellington for Tim Reid

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

The terraces19 Jul 2027

Supporters turn on the $9.0K sale of Marco Cacace

He is going to Team Wellington, the club has $9.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Squad19 Jul 2027

At 21, Tim Reid is already the best thing here

An average of 7.04 in a first team he is several years too young for. Canterbury United have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

In brief

15 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Both of them Michael Boxall's — 8.27

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.27, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Michael McCowatt stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Michael McCowatt and Canterbury United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Nobody could get near Michael McCowatt

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Canterbury United

Ryan Boxall 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.

Match7 Nov 2026

Michael Boxall sends Canterbury United past Waitakere United

It finished 3‑1, and it was Michael Boxall’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Canterbury United.

The terraces9 Nov 2026

The crowd has taken to Tim Reid

At 20 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.

Squad9 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Marco Lewis

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marco Lewis, and the manager let it.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Ben Sutton out for 18 days

The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Ben Sutton, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market9 Nov 2026

Talks stall between Canterbury United and James Waine

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

  • Player ratings Bill Cacace changes it off the bench
  • Market The clock does Marco Cacace’s negotiating for him
  • Player ratings The pass was always on for Tim Reid
14 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad2 Nov 2026

A fracture rules Tim Reid out for 14 days

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

Squad2 Nov 2026

A day Clayton Lewis will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Market2 Nov 2026

Ben Sutton 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 Canterbury United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match31 Oct 2026

A bad afternoon for Canterbury United against Southern United

3‑4 to Southern United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Match31 Oct 2026

Clayton Lewis among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Clayton Lewis on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Canterbury United and Southern United.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Canterbury United

Kye Shaw 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.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

One of those days for Clayton Lewis

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.24, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A late step up for Ben Sutton

At 31 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

The cruellest goal, and it is Michael Boxall's

A touch he did not want, a bounce he could not have read, and his name in the wrong column. There is no consoling a man after one of these, and Canterbury United will not try tonight.

In brief

10 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Oct 2026

Tim Reid breaks a bone — 43 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 43 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Kye Shaw 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.

Market5 Oct 2026

Ben Sutton 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 Canterbury United can pretend not to have heard.

In brief

9 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 Sep 2026

Real improvement from Tommy Reid at Canterbury United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Tommy Reid is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Canterbury United

Ryan Boxall 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.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Ryan Boxall has improved at 28, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

In brief