The Middlesbrough Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for George Edmundson
98 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Middlesbrough lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
$17.1M settles it between the clubs for Ollie Scarles
West Ham United have accepted the money. What Middlesbrough do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Veracruz tell Middlesbrough: Christian Dos Santos 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $4.1M for James Carragher
Middlesbrough have gone to Wigan Athletic with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Alex Bangura runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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
Morgan Whittaker’s goal not enough for Middlesbrough
Morgan Whittaker scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Preston, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough promote Charles Ross from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Charles Ross 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
Middlesbrough promote Matthew Murphy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matthew Murphy 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.
In brief
- Market Simon Fisher steps up from the Middlesbrough academy
- Market One of our own: Andrew Palmer joins the Middlesbrough first team
- Squad Middlesbrough lose Lucas Harrison