The Bristol City Chronicle
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Neto Borges takes the afternoon — 8.20
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Neto Borges provided it, and the 8.20 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bristol City sell Jason Knight for $11.9M
Jason Knight has left for Malmo FF in a $11.9M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Bristol City sell a favourite for $11.9M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Jason Knight was one of the reasons people came, and $11.9M does not replace that by itself.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Raekwan Nelson goes
Northampton Town paid $470.0K and Bristol City took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Bristol City rebuffed over Marcus Bettinelli
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Manchester City have kept their man, and Bristol City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Bristol City
Ronald Acuña and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match15 Aug 2026
Bristol City get the job done against Watford
A 2‑1 win over Watford, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bristol City promote Nicholas Pearson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicholas Pearson 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 Bristol City promote Henry Phillips from within
- Squad Bristol City lose Mackenzie Inman
- Player ratings Tomi Horvat in the eights