The Canterbury United Gazette
Squad19 Oct 2026
Clayton Singh is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Michael Rufer has improved at 27, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 4 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Canterbury United
Michael Rufer 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.
Boardroom19 Oct 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Canterbury United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Enzo Ruiz 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
Canterbury United promote Sam Van Hattum from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sam Van Hattum 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
- Market One of our own: Stefan Lewis joins the Canterbury United first team
- Market Canterbury United promote Chris Kirwan from within
- Market Canterbury United promote Noah Bell from within
- Boardroom Canterbury United turn down the training-ground plan