Carl Jenkinson

Central Defender - Bromley
29 Sep 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Carl Jenkinson

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The Bromley Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The cup run ends for Bromley

0‑2 against Millwall, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Damola Ajayi at 20 — 7.74

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Damola Ajayi did not need any: 7.74, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Carlos Richards is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad

Carl Jenkinson in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bromley this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Bromley come up short against Swindon Town

Swindon Town left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Damola Ajayi

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad

Grant Smith 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.

Squad

Ashley Charles falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings

The pass was always on for David Muñoz

Chances created: 5. Somebody has to open a door before anybody can walk through it, and he spent the afternoon opening doors.

In brief

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The Bromley Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mitch Pinnock signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mitch Pinnock and Bromley agree another 3 years.

Squad

Corey Whitely in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bromley this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Ashley Charles falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market

Talks stall between Bromley and Michael Cheek

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

No place for Alex Stepien-Iwumene in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Alex Stepien-Iwumene has his answer from Bromley; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Squad

Carl Jenkinson handed the armband

The captaincy goes to Carl Jenkinson. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.

In brief