The Canterbury United Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Matt Nelson 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Bill Wood signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bill Wood commits to Canterbury United for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Canterbury United
Bill Wood and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Canterbury United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Stefan De Vries was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Michael Cacace joins the Canterbury United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michael Cacace is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kosta Fenton steps up from the Canterbury United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kosta Fenton 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Liberato Sutton joins the Canterbury United first team
- The dugout Bill Wood knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Chris Barbarouses is not doing himself any favours