The Middlesbrough Gazette
Squad14 Sep 2026
Leandro Bevin breaks a bone — 18 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market14 Sep 2026
Riley McGree hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Middlesbrough can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Radek Vítek stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market14 Sep 2026
Aston Villa come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Middlesbrough did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Middlesbrough
Hiroto Taniguchi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Middlesbrough rebuffed over Erick Pulgar
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Flamengo have kept their man, and Middlesbrough go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match12 Sep 2026
Middlesbrough come up short against Hull City
Hull City left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Jacob Edwards: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Max Arfsten
“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
- The dugout Kyle Joseph is still paying for one afternoon at Middlesbrough
- Player ratings A day to forget for Kyle Joseph
- Market The Dávid Strelec question follows Middlesbrough around