Stephen McMullan

Goalkeeper - Fleetwood Town
30 Sep 2026
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The Fleetwood Town Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Ethan Ennis at 21 — 7.94

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ethan Ennis did not need any: 7.94, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Stephen McMullan is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 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.

Squad

Zech Medley 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 Fleetwood Town this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Jorge Gonzalez the difference as Fleetwood Town beat Tranmere Rovers

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Jorge Gonzalez. 1‑0 against Tranmere Rovers, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Jorge Gonzalez in the eights

A performance of 8.28 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Words at Fleetwood Town training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Javi Zarzo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Fleetwood Town lose Alfie Wright

15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Still no ink between Fleetwood Town and Mark Helm

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

Player ratings

Mark Helm runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 10. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief