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I’m ok with a point, although Boro once again fail to win the opening match of the season. In the end though I thought that Boro were a tad fortunate ...

Not a good start for yours truly these last few days. First of all I was off-line for a couple of days as my iPad went kaput and as I’m now virtually ...

It makes one wonder why Boro want to be a Premier League club. It was Groucho Marx who stated that he wouldn’t want to join any organisation or club t...

I spent the morning watching highlights of England’s T20 win against South Africa and another amazing batting display from Jonny Bairstow and Moeen A...

Middlesbrough FC have usually been a selling club throughout its history starting as far back as 1910 when they sold Steve Bloomer back to Derby Count...

I don’t understand today’s music nor today’s comedians. Give me Andre Rieu, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Ronnie Hilton, ABBA and brass bands anytime, ...

We’re all writing about possessing a striker who can guarantee 15 to 20 goals in a season as a requirement for promotion. In 1958/59 Brian Clough was ...

It all depends on the Tav situation, keep him and Boro might just reach the playoffs, lose him and mid-table at best and below Sunderland. Surprise p...

Thanks Bob for such a comprehensive review of the pre-season. As many of you realise I’ve had little to say about the Boro or football in general duri...

It’s a concern that Middlesbrough FC are having difficulty in getting the two or three strikers needed before the season starts as it always needs a p...

I often wonder why it’s wrong to applaud a player when he scores a wonder goal against the Boro. I’ve always cheered when Boro score, not so much nowa...

I can’t see any reason why apart from the Premier League why there should be a 4 week break for the World Cup or indeed any international breaks at al...

I recently wrote about the history of Sporting Braga, though didn’t mention that I visited the city in November 1999 but from my diary I noticed that ...

There will be a new club in the Scottish Football League this season called Bonnyrigg Rose and thinking that the name sounds quite romantic for a foot...

Werdermouth Nevertheless money talks. If he could be guaranteed a first team place at a club like Everton that would be ideal for Tav. If he stayed...

Why would Djed Spence mention the Boro after his transfer to Spurs? It was Warnock who sent him out on loan to Forest which I doubt that Wilder would ...

What did we do for news and sport in particular before the internet? The Gazette especially the Saturday Sports edition used to be the newspaper to re...

I’ve only ever missed two Open Golf Championships either on television or actually being there in the last 59 years since New Zealander Bob Charles be...

Yesterday was the most amazing days sport I have ever encountered even though everything didn’t quite go to plan. First I decided to watch the first s...

Sporting Clube de Braga finished 4th in the Portuguese Primeira Liga last season and are an enigma in Portuguese football. Going under the nickname of...

Whist there are reputably 365 praias (beaches) in the Algarve one for every day of the year I much preferred to visit the small villages and the beaut...

Sadly another death to report, that of Mike Cowan who during his time was Yorkshire’s opening bowler. I realise that few Diasborians will have heard ...

I very much doubt that the temperature in the Algarve can be called a heatwave when come next month the average will be 40 plus according to my Portug...

Sad to hear the demise of Bernard Gent, the voice of Ayresome but also the instigator of using the signature tune of the 60’s ITV series ‘The Power G...

This is the Yorkshire XI in batting order that for one reason or another didn’t play against League leaders Surrey at Scarborough today:- Tom Kohler-...

Now to discard the myth of rugby. True that it took its name from William Webb Ellis who was a pupil at Rugby School in 1823 and decided to run with t...

Thank goodness that the Wimbledon fortnight is over. I can’t really take a sport that allows second chances seriously. I’m writing about serves where ...

Apparently according to Wikipedia Thomas Henry who stands at 6ft 4inches has already signed for Middlesbrough and will wear the number 14 shirt (altho...

Three heartwarming stories this weekend in the world of sport. First of all Hartlepool United helping out fellow Durham County side Billingham Synthon...