The Bristol City Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Emil Riis moves on
Wolverhampton pay $7.8M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Bristol City
Max Bird 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Oscar Bobb runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
One of those days for Tomi Horvat
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.20, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match15 Aug 2026
Bristol City find a way past Rotherham United
Rotherham United made Bristol City work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Jason Knight in the eights
A performance of 8.99 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Radek Vítek
“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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
One of those days for Mark Sykes
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.36, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Bristol City will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
In brief
- Market Bristol City sign Charles Jackson, one for the future
- Market Bristol City buy the years ahead of David Pearson
- Squad Jason Knight is off the mark for Bristol City