The Middlesbrough Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Brentford tell Middlesbrough: Kevin Schade is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Tommy Conway takes the afternoon — 8.92
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Tommy Conway provided it, and the 8.92 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough make their move for Zach Abbott
$4.9M on the table at Nottingham Forest. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Middlesbrough
Callum Brittain and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Middlesbrough
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match15 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough get the job done against Preston
A 2‑1 win over Preston, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough promote Alexander Jackson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexander Jackson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Liam Jackson joins the Middlesbrough first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Jackson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Henry Reid joins the Middlesbrough first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Henry Reid is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: David Walker joins the Middlesbrough first team
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Jeremy Sarmiento
- Squad Alex Bangura falls out with a teammate over standards