The Canterbury United Gazette
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
- Market Ben Sutton leaves for nothing
- Market Ben Smith leaves for nothing