Michael Cheek

Striker - Bromley
30 Jan 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Michael Cheek

16 Edition

The Bromley Courier

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Words at Bromley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordon Ibe 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.

The dugout

Liam Mandeville 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

Michael Cheek 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.

The dugout

A promise honoured at Bromley

Something was said to Jeremy Monga and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

Squad

9 new faces, and Bromley are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout

Nathan Broome 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 Bromley, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Bromley Courier

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Liam Mandeville damages knee ligaments — 32 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 32 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

Nathan Broome stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad

Mahamadou Sangaré is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 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.

The terraces

Bromley supporters have found a favourite in Jeremy Monga

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 17-year-old it feels ownership of. Jeremy Monga has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Grimsby Town take the points off Bromley

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Match

Bromley see off Oldham Athletic

Three points for Bromley, 1‑0 the final word against Oldham Athletic in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

A falling-out at Bromley

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

The dugout

Andrew Hall answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Luca Williams-Barnett

A mark of 7.45, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

In brief

4 Edition

The Bromley Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Luke Campbell stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market

Brooklyn Ilunga asks to leave Bromley

“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.

Transfer targets

Jeremy Monga is a medical away from Bromley

The deal with Leicester City is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Matěj Jurásek rejects the move

Bromley had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Norwich City, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Toby Savin

Bromley asked and Wigan Athletic said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Words at Bromley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordon Ibe 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.

Match

Salford City take the points off Bromley

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

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Jordon Ibe

“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

10 new faces, and Bromley are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief