The Canterbury United Gazette
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
Oliver De Vries is out at Canterbury United
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
The terraces16 Oct 2028
The mood at Canterbury United has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
Sam Rufer steps up at Canterbury United for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad16 Oct 2028
The step up is real for Adama Coulibaly
At 23 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Marco Tuiloma stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Marco Tuiloma and Canterbury United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom16 Oct 2028
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.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Bill Lockyer 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.
Market16 Oct 2028
Canterbury United promote Sam Kirwan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sam Kirwan 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.
Market16 Oct 2028
One of our own: Alex Singh joins the Canterbury United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alex Singh is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Francis Smith steps up from the Canterbury United academy
- Market Canterbury United promote Tim Barbarouses from within
- Squad Late improvement for Michael Rufer