The WaiBOP United Gazette
Match14 Jun 2027
WaiBOP United sink to position 6
9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market14 Jun 2027
Terms done: Ben Barbarouses is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Canterbury United waiting with a shirt. Nobody at WaiBOP United is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market14 Jun 2027
Ben Barbarouses 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Words exchanged at WaiBOP United
Nathan Lobo 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Marco Lewis 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 dugout14 Jun 2027
Alex Lewis asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Squad Alex Lockyer finally belongs at WaiBOP United
- The dugout Ben Barbarouses keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Sam Sutton is out on the grass again