The Bromley Courier
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Damola Ajayi at 20 — 7.99
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Damola Ajayi did not need any: 7.99, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Josh Tobin at Bromley
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Josh Tobin is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Bromley
Omar Sowunmi 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Julen Azkue the difference as Bromley beat Walsall
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Julen Azkue. 2‑0 against Walsall, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Xiscu Martínez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Xiscu Martínez, and the manager let it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Bromley training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ashley Charles 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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
David Muñoz was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.03. 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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Marcus Ifill was immovable
13 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Market14 Sep 2026
Still no ink between Bromley and Louis Flower
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Bromley, another week without a signature from Louis Flower.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Julen Azkue
- Market The market said no: Alex Stepien-Iwumene stays put