The Canterbury United Gazette
Squad18 Oct 2027
14 days out for Oliver Smith after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Canterbury United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad18 Oct 2027
A falling-out at Canterbury United
Andrew Bell and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
6 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
A row about effort at Canterbury United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bill Tuiloma was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market18 Oct 2027
Canterbury United promote Chris Colvey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Chris 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Liberato Kirwan steps up from the Canterbury United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Liberato Kirwan 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Oliver Colvey joins the Canterbury United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oliver Colvey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Oct 2027
Canterbury United promote Cameron Lockyer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cameron Lockyer 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.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
No investment in the facilities at Canterbury United
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
In brief
- The dugout Henry Butler asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Michael Cacace's mistake
- The dugout Alex Payne gets picked when it counts