Mark Howard

Goalkeeper - Salford City
28 Sep 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Mark Howard

2 Edition

The Salford City Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Michael Rose signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Michael Rose commits to Salford City for another 3 years.

Squad

Mark Howard 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 Salford City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Michael Rose

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

Squad

Fabio Borini 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

48 months and counting on Daniel Udoh

Still no offer on the table, and Daniel Udoh’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Market

Talks stall between Salford City and Mark Howard

“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.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The Salford City Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Jorge Grant signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jorge Grant and Salford City agree another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Salford City

Mark Howard 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

Talks stall between Salford City and Kadeem Harris

“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

Nobody at Salford City has picked up the phone to Jorge Grant

36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Squad

Words at Salford City training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matt Butcher 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.

Squad

Michael Rose asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief