The Canterbury United Gazette
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Joe Lewis
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Francis Colvey 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 Canterbury United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Stefan Payne 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Bill Van Hattum
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bill Van Hattum, and the manager let it.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Callum Sutton signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Callum Sutton and Canterbury United agree another 3 years.
Loan watch9 Nov 2026
Bill Barbarouses has seen enough of Southern United
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Canterbury United, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- Match Ryan Just rescues a point for Canterbury United
- Loan watch Alex Rufer cannot get a game at Hawke's Bay United