The Fulham Chronicle
Match15 Aug 2026
Fulham throw away a 2-goal lead
2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Middlesbrough the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Fulham will enjoy reviewing.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Emile Smith Rowe
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Bernd Leno 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 Fulham this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Alex Iwobi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Fulham
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Fulham promote Jacob Hill from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jacob Hill 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: Christopher Williams joins the Fulham first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Christopher Williams 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: Alexander Parker joins the Fulham first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexander Parker 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
Fulham promote Liam Mitchell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Mitchell 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
- Squad Natanaël Thio signs on for more
- Match Honours even between Fulham and Middlesbrough
- Squad 9 new faces, and Fulham are still learning each other