The Middlesbrough Gazette
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.
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Aidan Morris
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aidan Morris, and the manager let it.
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jacob Cooper joins the Middlesbrough first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jacob Cooper 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
Middlesbrough promote Benjamin Ellis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Ellis 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
Charles Harris steps up from the Middlesbrough academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Charles Harris has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough promote George Williams from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. George Williams 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Morgan Whittaker 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Middlesbrough turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad Cruz Ibeh dropped after a run of poor form
- Player ratings Callum Brittain runs at them all day