Ted Cann

Goalkeeper - Rotherham United
23 Sep 2027
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56 Edition

The Rotherham United Courier

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad23 Aug 2027

Jhon Morcillo breaks a bone — 70 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 70 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout23 Aug 2027

Ted Cann says Rotherham United went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings23 Aug 2027

Zak Lovelace, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.71

A mark of 7.71 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Match21 Aug 2027

No end in sight to Rotherham United's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Rotherham United has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Marvin Kaleta is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 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.

Squad23 Aug 2027

A falling-out at Rotherham United

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

Boardroom23 Aug 2027

Graduation day at Rotherham United

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Late improvement for Denzel Hall

At 26 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

Transfer targets23 Aug 2027

Door shut on Lewis McCann

Rotherham United asked and Fleetwood Town said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

In brief

Back issues
47 Edition

The Rotherham United Courier

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom21 Jun 2027

The scrutiny sharpens at Rotherham United

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Rotherham United is running low.

Market21 Jun 2027

Emanuel Valdearenas puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Rotherham United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2027

Rotherham United make their move for Murray Campbell

$460.0K on the table at Burnley. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad21 Jun 2027

The step up is real for Brandon Cover

At 23 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Words exchanged at Rotherham United

Luke Thomas and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2027

Rotherham United baulk at the price for Madiodio Dia

Portsmouth wanted more than $420.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Ar'jany Martha 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.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2027

Watford tell Rotherham United: Jonathan Macaulay is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match19 Jun 2027

Rotherham United come up short against Luton Town

Luton Town left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

46 Edition

The Rotherham United Courier

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings14 Jun 2027

Ar'jany Martha beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Jack Bray 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.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Tempers go at Rotherham United

Luke Thomas 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.

Squad14 Jun 2027

A row about effort at Rotherham United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Josh Benson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets14 Jun 2027

Rotherham United rebuffed over Mateja Bubanj

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Admira Wacker have kept their man, and Rotherham United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match12 Jun 2027

Northampton Town take the points off Rotherham United

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Ted Cann stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ted Cann and Rotherham United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout14 Jun 2027

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Michael Phillips left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout14 Jun 2027

Josh Benson is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

In brief

34 Edition

The Rotherham United Courier

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match20 Mar 2027

Rotherham United taken apart

0‑3 to Peterborough United, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad22 Mar 2027

8 saves: Ted Cann was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

The dugout22 Mar 2027

Liam Kelly: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Rotherham United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad22 Mar 2027

Words exchanged at Rotherham United

Luke Thomas and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings22 Mar 2027

Nobody could get near Ar'jany Martha

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad22 Mar 2027

A row about effort at Rotherham United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Josh Benson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout22 Mar 2027

No hiding place for Marvin Kaleta

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

Boardroom22 Mar 2027

Nobody left the Rotherham United dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout22 Mar 2027

Michael Phillips: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

In brief

27 Edition

The Rotherham United Courier

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market1 Feb 2027

George Williams hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rotherham United can pretend not to have heard.

Market1 Feb 2027

Rotherham United sign Luke Thomas for $7.9M

The paperwork is done: Luke Thomas joins from Leicester City in a deal worth $7.9M. Now comes the harder part.

Boardroom1 Feb 2027

Pressure builds in the Rotherham United boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

The dugout1 Feb 2027

Ted Cann says Rotherham United went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Boardroom1 Feb 2027

Deadline passes with 5 signed and 0 gone

That is the business done at Rotherham United until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Transfer targets1 Feb 2027

Juan Piris due for a Rotherham United medical

Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Tempers go at Rotherham United

Luke Thomas 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.

The terraces1 Feb 2027

The town asked, and Rotherham United paid $7.9M

Luke Thomas was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $7.9M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.

Squad1 Feb 2027

A row about effort at Rotherham United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Josh Benson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

15 Edition

The Rotherham United Courier

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match7 Nov 2026

The wait goes on for Rotherham United

9 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

No sign of nerves from Gabriele Biancheri at 20 — 7.83

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Gabriele Biancheri did not need any: 7.83, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

Louie Moulden says Rotherham United went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Rotherham United count the cost of losing Micah Lewens

49 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad9 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Rotherham United

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

Squad9 Nov 2026

A row about effort at Rotherham United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Josh Benson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Ar'jany Martha beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

No hiding place for George Williams

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

Squad9 Nov 2026

Ted Cann signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ted Cann and Rotherham United agree another 3 years.

In brief