John Johnson

Defensive Midfielder - Bromley U18
27 Dec 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for John Johnson

17 Edition

The Bromley Courier

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Bromley

8 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.

The dugout

Mathaeus Roberts says Bromley went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings

Mitch Pinnock pops up at the right end — 7.69

7.69, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Squad

A falling-out at Bromley

Juankar and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Mitch Pinnock’s goal not enough for Bromley

Mitch Pinnock scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Harrogate Town, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout

Richard Taylor gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Mickel Miller runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Bromley lose John Johnson

31 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout

Liam Taylor answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

In brief

Back issues
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The Bromley Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Graduation day at Bromley

3 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Ollie Cooper

Bromley 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.

Market

Bromley promote Oliver Ellis from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oliver Ellis 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.

Market

John Johnson steps up from the Bromley academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Johnson 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.

Market

One of our own: Edward Davies joins the Bromley first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Edward Davies is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Match

Barrow AFC take the points off Bromley

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The formation has left Bobby Kamwa behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Bromley will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Squad

Tempers go at Bromley

Emmanuel Deh 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.

Market

Still no ink between Bromley and Bobby Kamwa

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Bromley, another week without a signature from Bobby Kamwa.

In brief