The Salford City Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Reuell Walters due for a Salford City medical
Everything agreed with Luton Town, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 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
One of our own: Joshua Hawkins joins the Salford City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joshua Hawkins 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
One of our own: John Smith joins the Salford City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Smith 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
One of our own: Harry Harris joins the Salford City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Harry Harris 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
Stephen Thompson steps up from the Salford City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stephen Thompson 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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Myles Roberts
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Myles Roberts, and the manager let it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody on the pitch touched Ben Woodburn
7.93, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Salford City had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
In brief
- Squad Words exchanged at Salford City
- Match Ben Woodburn rescues a point for Salford City
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Kallum Cesay