The Cambridge United Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
The knee: Freddie Jolland out for 96 days
96 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Cambridge United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Shayne Lavery takes the match ball home
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Jake Eastwood
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Cambridge 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
One of those days for Shayne Lavery
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.47, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match15 Aug 2026
Cambridge United find a way past Milton Keynes Dons
Milton Keynes Dons made Cambridge United work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Mark McGuinness
Cambridge United asked and Sheffield United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market17 Aug 2026
Cambridge United promote Oliver Fisher from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oliver Fisher 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Cambridge United promote James Russell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. James Russell 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 Henry Jones steps up from the Cambridge United academy
- Market One of our own: Jonathan Johnson joins the Cambridge United first team
- Squad Reko has outgrown this division