 In February 2005 he moved to Farnborough Town, where he spent some time as joint manager alongside Gerry Murphy, but moved nearer his Romford home at the end of the 2005–06 season when he linked up with his former Farnborough manager Frank Gray at Grays Athletic.Released after a couple of months without having appeared for the first team, he then moved to neighbours Thurrock.In May 2008, Canham became assistant manager to his former Leyton Orient teammate Carl Griffiths at Brentwood Town, but the pair left the club before the 2009–10 season.