16
Edition
The WaiBOP United Gazette
16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ryan Just
37 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.
Match16 Nov 2026
WaiBOP United sink to position 5
4 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Oliver Barbarouses breaks a bone — 39 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 39 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
In brief
- Squad Jake Stamatelopoulos in a row with a teammate
- Squad Kwenzakwenkosi Mbatha falls out with a teammate over standards