Korey Smith

Defensive Midfielder - Cambridge United
2 Jan 2027
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Marked for Korey Smith

17 Edition

The Cambridge United Post

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

Up for the corner, and Andy Cannon delivers — 7.51

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Andy Cannon scored, was marked 7.51, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Jens Hjertø-Dahl 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 Cambridge United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Korey Smith makes it 400

400 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.

Match21 Nov 2026

Andy Cannon sends Cambridge United past Shrewsbury Town

It finished 1‑0, and it was Andy Cannon’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Cambridge United.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Michael Morrison

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Michael Morrison, and the manager let it.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Mamadou Jobe stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Mamadou Jobe and Cambridge United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

Sullay Kaikai beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 15. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Samuel Palmer: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Somebody else is better right now than Marcus Dinanga

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The Cambridge United Post

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad16 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Cambridge United

Ryan Loft and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu, and the manager let it.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Cambridge United keep their word to Gassan Ahadme

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Dominic Ball knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Dominic Ball trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Looking ahead16 Nov 2026

Sullay Kaikai faces his old club

Shrewsbury Town next, and one man in the Cambridge United dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

The dugout16 Nov 2026

Ben Knight has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Cambridge United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

8 Edition

The Cambridge United Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match16 Sep 2026

Cambridge United through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over Bristol Rovers, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Match19 Sep 2026

Whatever happens, Cambridge United do not lose

7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A falling-out at Cambridge United

Gassan Ahadme and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces21 Sep 2026

Cambridge United supporters have found a favourite in Fin Roberts

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Fin Roberts has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Korey Smith

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Korey Smith, and the manager let it.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

The afternoon belonged to Ben Knight

A mark of 7.61, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Joel Colwill: “I am not a substitute”

“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Cambridge United will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Samuel Palmer chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.

In brief