The Canterbury United Gazette
Market19 Oct 2026
Kosta Boxall 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 The request is on a desk at Canterbury United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Canterbury United
Tommy De Vries and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Oct 2026
5 academy graduates step up at Canterbury United
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Michael Rufer 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
Canterbury United promote Chris Sutton from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Chris Sutton 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
One of our own: Stefan Sutton joins the Canterbury United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Stefan Sutton is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Oct 2026
One of our own: James Bell joins the Canterbury United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Bell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Canterbury United lose James Nelson
18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch19 Oct 2026
Sam Waine counts the days
“I watch every Canterbury United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Team Wellington runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Canterbury United
- The dugout Kosta Kirwan knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead An away day at WaiBOP United next for Canterbury United