The WaiBOP United Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ryan Cacace
28 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. WaiBOP United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market17 Aug 2026
Clayton Lockyer 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 The request is on a desk at WaiBOP United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market17 Aug 2026
WaiBOP United say no — this time
The offer from Team Wellington for Callum Sutton was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tommy Lockyer signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tommy Lockyer commits to WaiBOP United for another 3 years.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Liberato Fenton 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.
In brief
- Market No place for Marco Payne in the plan
- Market WaiBOP United bring in Bill Waine on loan