Reko

Defensive Midfielder - Cambridge United
13 Dec 2026
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Marked for Reko

17 Edition

The Cambridge United Post

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

Shayne Lavery scores twice — 8.79

Two goals and a mark of 8.79 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad23 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Cambridge United

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

Match21 Nov 2026

Cambridge United see off Shrewsbury Town

Three points for Cambridge United, 2‑1 the final word against Shrewsbury Town in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Kelland Watts gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

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.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

A satisfied Liam Simmons

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑1, Liam Simmons could afford to be generous.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Sullay Kaikai asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

Nobody could get near Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu

Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Michael Morrison does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

In brief

  • Squad Kelland Watts has seen what the next man earns
  • Squad The room hears from Reko
  • Player ratings The whistle followed Reko around
Back issues
15 Edition

The Cambridge United Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match7 Nov 2026

No mercy from Cambridge United

Tranmere Rovers will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Cambridge United were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Both of them Gassan Ahadme's — 9.08

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.08, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Cambridge United

Sten Kremers 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.

Squad9 Nov 2026

James Brophy 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.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Sullay Kaikai was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.20. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

The dugout9 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.

Market9 Nov 2026

Still no ink between Cambridge United and Reko

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Cambridge United, another week without a signature from Reko.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

A promise honoured for Sten Kremers

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Cambridge United told Sten Kremers something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Ignacio Zabal signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ignacio Zabal and Cambridge United agree another 1 years.

In brief

4 Edition

The Cambridge United Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad24 Aug 2026

The knee: Freddie Jolland out for 87 days

87 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.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A brace, and Gassan Ahadme takes the afternoon — 8.79

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Gassan Ahadme provided it, and the 8.79 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market24 Aug 2026

Glenn McConnell asks to leave Cambridge United

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Reko goes up and wins it — 7.73

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.73 for the rest of it.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Wrexham tell Cambridge United: Dominic Hyam 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.

Match22 Aug 2026

Gassan Ahadme the difference as Cambridge United beat Swindon Town

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Gassan Ahadme. 2‑1 against Swindon Town, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Gassan Ahadme reaches 100 appearances

100 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.

Match18 Aug 2026

Cambridge United rescue it on 94 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 94. Walsall had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Cameron Lancaster

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

3 Edition

The Cambridge United Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

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