The WaiBOP United Gazette
Squad19 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Callum Waine at WaiBOP United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Callum Waine is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A late step up for Callum Van Hattum
At 30 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Callum Waine in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at WaiBOP United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Oct 2026
Graduation day at WaiBOP United
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kgwadi Molepo 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
One of our own: Kosta Colvey joins the WaiBOP United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kosta Colvey 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
WaiBOP United promote Ryan Colvey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ryan Colvey 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
Oliver Sutton steps up from the WaiBOP United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oliver Sutton 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
WaiBOP United promote Monty De Vries from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Monty De Vries 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.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Callum Van Hattum
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at WaiBOP United
- Match Point won or two lost for WaiBOP United?