The Middlesbrough Gazette
Market17 Aug 2026
Bournemouth 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Riley McGree in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Middlesbrough this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
A long bet from Middlesbrough on Zépiqueno Redmond
He is 20, and nobody at Middlesbrough signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jasper Schendelaar stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jasper Schendelaar and Middlesbrough agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match15 Aug 2026
Fulham take the points off Middlesbrough
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Darragh Lenihan 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sol Brynn lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Leo Castledine
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough sign James Dixon, one for the future
James Dixon is 16, and Middlesbrough have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Middlesbrough on Jack Bennett
- Player ratings The one thing Dávid Strelec could not do
- Player ratings A day to forget for Zépiqueno Redmond