Callum Smith

Central Midfielder - WaiBOP United
29 Sep 2026
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Marked for Callum Smith

7 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Sep 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Bill Van Hattum

32 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.

Market14 Sep 2026

Callum Smith 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 The request is on a desk at WaiBOP United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Winston Stamatelopoulos is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Chris Bell 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.

Market31 Aug 2026

WaiBOP United say no — this time

The offer from Hawke's Bay United for Chris Bell 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Bill Kirwan 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.

In brief

3 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Callum Smith asks to leave WaiBOP United

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Bill Kirwan 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

Ben Gordon 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.

In brief