The WaiBOP United Gazette
Squad30 Nov 2026
Ryan Smith breaks a bone — 67 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 67 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at WaiBOP United
Stefan Lewis 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 ratings30 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Sam Reid
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Aidan Crawford falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match28 Nov 2026
A bad afternoon for WaiBOP United against Team Wellington
0‑1 to Team Wellington, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad30 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Dane Barbarouses
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Player ratings Jai Waine could not find anything
- Player ratings An afternoon Dane Sutton will want back
- Player ratings Stefan Lewis could not find anything
- Market WaiBOP United and Sam Barbarouses are talking past each other