The Canterbury United Gazette
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Canterbury United
Ian Kamga was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market18 Oct 2027
Callum Waine steps up from the Canterbury United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Callum Waine 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Canterbury United promote Kosta Singh from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kosta Singh 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Noah Cacace steps up from the Canterbury United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Noah Cacace 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Jai Rufer steps up from the Canterbury United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jai Rufer 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words at Canterbury United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Johnson Opawole 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.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
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.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Oliver Sutton knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Oliver Sutton trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Michael Barbarouses finally belongs at Canterbury United
- Looking ahead Canterbury United travel to WaiBOP United
- Boardroom Canterbury United keep producing them