The Middlesbrough Gazette
Squad23 Aug 2027
Dávid Strelec signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dávid Strelec and Middlesbrough agree another 5 years.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
A new deal for Stephen Jackson
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Match21 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Middlesbrough
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Julian Eyestone is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Middlesbrough
6 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A late step up for Tommy Conway
At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jeremy Sarmiento 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Alexander Taylor steps up from the Middlesbrough academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander Taylor 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Edward Jones joins the Middlesbrough first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Edward Jones is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Middlesbrough promote Peter Allen from within
- Market One of our own: Michael Price joins the Middlesbrough first team
- Player ratings Morgan Whittaker runs at them all day