Sam Dalby

Striker - Middlesbrough
21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
58 Edition

The Middlesbrough Gazette

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Miles Leaburn: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Middlesbrough have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Joachim Andersen wants more than Middlesbrough are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Adilson Malanda

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Sam Dalby signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sam Dalby commits to Middlesbrough for another 3 years.

Match

Honours even between Middlesbrough and Bristol City

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Aidan Morris knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Middlesbrough, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
57 Edition

The Middlesbrough Gazette

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Tommy Conway asks to leave Middlesbrough

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Facundo Castelli: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Middlesbrough have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Sam Dalby is a Middlesbrough player

The fee is $3.9M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Bolton Wanderers drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

Aidan Morris stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Aidan Morris and Middlesbrough agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Cardiff City take the points off Middlesbrough

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

Squad

Alfie Jones 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.

In brief