The Middlesbrough Gazette
Match15 Aug 2026
A hiding for Middlesbrough
Beaten 2‑5 by Fulham, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Both of them Will Lankshear's — 8.55
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.55, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Will Lankshear among the goals in a wild afternoon
7 goals in one match, Will Lankshear on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Middlesbrough and Fulham.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Middlesbrough
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Will Lankshear
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: David Ward joins the Middlesbrough first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Ward 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 Mark Hall from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Hall 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 Middlesbrough promote James Price from within
- Market One of our own: Jacob Brown joins the Middlesbrough first team
- Squad Morgan Whittaker falls out with a teammate over standards