The Cambridge United Post
Match15 Aug 2026
Cambridge United run riot against Milton Keynes Dons
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Jacob Wright at 20 — 7.74
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Jacob Wright did not need any: 7.74, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Cambridge United — 7.66
1 for Kieran Green, marked 7.66, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Cambridge United rebuffed over Joe Buršík
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Portsmouth have kept their man, and Cambridge United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
One of their own: Jacob Wright
He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Charles Harris joins the Cambridge United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Charles Harris is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Steven Watson steps up from the Cambridge United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Steven Watson 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Cambridge United promote Stephen King from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stephen King 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: Joshua Walker joins the Cambridge United first team
- Player ratings James Brophy was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Liam Bennett