The Canterbury United Gazette
The terraces13 Sep 2032
Anger at Canterbury United spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Market13 Sep 2032
Only the photograph left for Joe Lewis
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Joe Lewis will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Canterbury United the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad13 Sep 2032
A falling-out at Canterbury United
Liberato Garbett and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets13 Sep 2032
Evidence Manyama stays at Team Wellington as time runs out
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Canterbury United will try again when the window opens; Team Wellington may not be selling by then.
Squad13 Sep 2032
Ryan Cacace signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ryan Cacace and Canterbury United agree another 3 years.
The dugout13 Sep 2032
The manager has not finished forgetting Monty Waine's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- The dugout Ryan Cacace has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Joe Lewis knocks on the manager’s door
- Market The Tommy Rufer talk will not go away
- Squad Michael Lockyer is fit again