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
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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Fulham take the points off Middlesbrough
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Dávid Strelec
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough promote Alexander Hill from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexander 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
Middlesbrough promote Peter Young from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Young 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
Jonathan Marshall steps up from the Middlesbrough academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Marshall 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 Nathan Foster from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nathan Foster 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
- Squad Middlesbrough pick somebody else ahead of Luke Ayling
- Boardroom Middlesbrough turn down the training-ground plan
- Player ratings Alfie Jones never got going