The Salford City Gazette
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Vintage Fabio Borini — 7.84
At 35 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.84, and nobody on the pitch better.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
George Edmundson will not be coming to Salford City
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Middlesbrough is saying, and nobody at Salford City is enjoying the guessing.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Salford 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
Door shut on Ollie Cooper
Salford City asked and Swansea City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market17 Aug 2026
Salford City promote Benjamin Hunter from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Hunter 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
Salford City promote Andrew Miller from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andrew Miller 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
One of our own: James Walker joins the Salford City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Walker 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
Steven Mitchell steps up from the Salford City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Steven Mitchell 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Salford City
Kallum Cesay 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Kristi Montgomery is in the works
- Transfer targets A loan move for Archie Baptiste is in the works
- Match Fabio Borini rescues a point for Salford City