Tim Lockyer

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Canterbury United
1 Dec 2026
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Marked for Tim Lockyer

18 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match28 Nov 2026

Canterbury United tear Hawke's Bay United apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Hawke's Bay United, and it could have been more.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Both of them Monty Nelson's — 8.92

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.92, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Canterbury United

Alex 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.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Canterbury United

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

The terraces30 Nov 2026

The crowd has taken to Dane McCowatt

At 16 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Alex Boxall

“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.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Ninety minutes of Alex Boxall at his very best

Marked 8.39. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Canterbury United.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

A satisfied Clayton Reid

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 3‑0, Clayton Reid could afford to be generous.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Chris Waine has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Canterbury United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad16 Nov 2026

Alex Bell 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 Canterbury United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Alex Boxall 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.

The terraces16 Nov 2026

Canterbury United supporters have found a favourite in Tim Lockyer

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 14-year-old it feels ownership of. Tim Lockyer has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match14 Nov 2026

Michael Payne sends Canterbury United past Team Wellington

It finished 1‑0, and it was Michael Payne’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Canterbury United.

Player ratings16 Nov 2026

One of those days for Michael Payne

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.31, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Noah Smith

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Noah Smith, and the manager let it.

Squad16 Nov 2026

Jake McCowatt signs on for more

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

Loan watch16 Nov 2026

Ryan Reid wants to come home

“I did not go to Team Wellington to sit and watch. I want to come back to Canterbury United and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Clayton Reid kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

In brief

14 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market2 Nov 2026

Joe De Vries 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 Canterbury United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Canterbury United

Tim Lockyer and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Monty Fenton beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Words at Canterbury United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alex Boxall is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Alex Boxall

“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.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Somebody else is better right now than Tim Lockyer

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

Match31 Oct 2026

Canterbury United and Southern United take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Clayton Reid was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Canterbury United dressing room was either.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Alex Boxall scores his first for Canterbury United

The one goal every signing is asked about until it comes. It has come, and a press-conference question has been retired.

In brief

12 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad19 Oct 2026

Marco De Vries is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Late improvement for Alex Bell

At 30 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 4 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Alex Bell 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 Canterbury United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom19 Oct 2026

1 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Canterbury United

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

Market19 Oct 2026

Cameron Garbett steps up from the Canterbury United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cameron Garbett 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.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Deklan Singh

“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.

Loan watch19 Oct 2026

Ryan Reid has seen enough of Team Wellington

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Canterbury United, and 1 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

Boardroom19 Oct 2026

No investment in the facilities at Canterbury United

Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.

In brief