The Bristol City Chronicle
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Sam Greenwood runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bristol City sell Emil Riis for $9.8M
Emil Riis has left for Newcastle United in a $9.8M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $9.8M sale of Emil Riis
He is going to Newcastle United, the club has $9.8M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bristol City say no — this time
The offer from Brighton for Jack Griffin was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Joe Tomlinson gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Joe Tomlinson has just signed for Bristol City, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Bristol City
Max Bird was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Bristol City
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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Bristol City supporters have found a favourite in Illan Wood
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 17-year-old it feels ownership of. Illan Wood has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match15 Aug 2026
Jason Knight sends Bristol City past Rotherham United
It finished 2‑0, and it was Jason Knight’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Bristol City.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Stephen Murray joins the Bristol City first team
- Market Bristol City promote Jonathan Walker from within
- Squad Luke McNally falls out with a teammate over standards