Sam Kirwan

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Free Agent
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187 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

25 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad25 Feb 2030

Tempers go at Canterbury United

Liberato Garbett 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.

Squad25 Feb 2030

Noah Bell 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.

Squad25 Feb 2030

Ryan Boxall signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ryan Boxall and Canterbury United agree another 3 years.

In brief

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169 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

22 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market22 Oct 2029

Tommy Lockyer has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Canterbury United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad22 Oct 2029

Words exchanged at Canterbury United

Noah Bell and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Boardroom22 Oct 2029

12 academy players handed senior numbers at Canterbury United

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Market22 Oct 2029

Canterbury United promote Ryan Nelson from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ryan Nelson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market22 Oct 2029

Canterbury United promote Sam Kirwan from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sam Kirwan has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market22 Oct 2029

James Nelson steps up from the Canterbury United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Nelson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Boardroom22 Oct 2029

A promise the Canterbury United board did not keep

There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.

Squad22 Oct 2029

Biel Vargas stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Biel Vargas and Canterbury United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad22 Oct 2029

A row about effort at Canterbury United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Oliver Boxall was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief