Liam Walker

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17 Mar 2033
Thursday
Process

Marked for Liam Walker

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The Bromley Courier

18 Oct 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The knee: Dmitry Medvedev out for 27 days

27 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Bromley lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market

Jonathan Haftom puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bromley, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

6 matches without a win for Bromley

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Bromley are no longer polite ones.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Keehan Willows

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Tommy O'Donnell stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Tommy O'Donnell and Bromley agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

A falling-out at Bromley

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

Match

Crewe Alexandra take the points off Bromley

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

No hiding place for Andrew Jones

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrew Jones, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Interim Coach: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

In brief

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The Bromley Courier

6 Sep 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Somto Ifezue breaks a bone — 55 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 55 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Transfer targets

Zak Gilsenan due for a Bromley medical

Everything agreed with Peterborough United, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Market

Liam Walker puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bromley, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom

Window shuts: 11 in, 20 out at Bromley

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 11 arrived, 20 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Squad

Tempers go at Bromley

Bruno Baldini 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.

Transfer targets

An offer of $23.0K for Jili Buyabu

Bromley have gone to Lincoln City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Transfer targets

Doncaster Rovers tell Bromley: Gustavo Dionisi is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Transfer targets

The window shuts on the Mannie Barton deal

Bromley ran out of time with Coventry City. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

Squad

Words at Bromley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jarle Kessler-Hansen is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief

256 Edition

The Bromley Courier

23 Jun 2031
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Bromley boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Market

Dominic James agrees terms with Bradford City

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Bromley people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market

Tade Ibrahim hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bromley can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets

Bromley bid $1.6M for Alejandro Pozo

The offer went to Ipswich Town this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets

Too dear: Bromley walk away from Luke Shaw

$1.2M was the most the club would pay and Arsenal were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Transfer targets

Bromley make their move for Nathan Broome

$320.0K on the table at Grimsby Town. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

Words exchanged at Bromley

Bruno Baldini and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Cardiff City tell Bromley: Jack Sykes is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

Bromley promote Liam Walker from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Walker 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