The Bristol City Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Adam Randell stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Adam Randell and Bristol City agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Bristol City
Adam Randell 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 targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Brandon Austin
Bristol City asked and Tottenham said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Rob Dickie 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Ross McCrorie's contract
48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad10 Aug 2026
7 new faces, and Bristol City are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Ronald Acuña behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Bristol City will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Bristol City ask about Freddie Woodman
A loan enquiry to Liverpool: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Tomi Horvat knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bristol City, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market Bristol City and George Tanner are talking past each other
- Market Taine Anderson leaves for nothing
- Market Adam Murphy’s agent stirs the pot again