The Bromley Courier
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Sam Chambers, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 7.80
A mark of 7.80 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Bromley go back to the board over Kai Payne
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $31.5K — a club that wants Kai Payne enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Sean Hogan due for a Bromley medical
Everything agreed with Bolton Wanderers, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No thanks: TJ Carroll rejects the move
Bromley had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Aston Villa, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Kai Payne at that price
Bromley offered $30.0K; Wigan Athletic said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Bromley
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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Bromley come up short against Barrow AFC
Barrow AFC left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bromley promote John Smith from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. John Smith 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
Robert Hughes steps up from the Bromley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Hughes 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Daniel Phillips joins the Bromley first team
- Market One of our own: Stephen Smith joins the Bromley first team
- Player ratings Shilow Tracey runs at them all day