The WaiBOP United Gazette
Squad26 Oct 2026
Clayton Lockyer keeps WaiBOP United in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market26 Oct 2026
Callum 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 WaiBOP United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Francis Lockyer at WaiBOP United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Francis Lockyer is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Ryan Lockyer 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.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Callum Sutton runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match24 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for WaiBOP United against Canterbury United
0‑2 to Canterbury United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- Squad Francis Lockyer signs on for more
- Loan watch Owen Smith wants to come home