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Edition
The WaiBOP United Gazette
28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad28 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Bill Van Hattum
18 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.
Market28 Sep 2026
Chris Bell 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 The request is on a desk at WaiBOP United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Francis Sutton at WaiBOP United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Francis Sutton is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
In brief
- Squad Bill Kirwan in a row with a teammate
- Squad A late step up for Chris Bell
- Market WaiBOP United put Noah Colvey up for sale