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Boro and Pools have earned £82,000 for reaching the 4th Round of the FA Cup. It’s maybe a drop in the ocean for Boro, but for the likes of Hartlepool,...
I’ve never subscribed to Pyrrhic victories. I would much prefer to have lost this test match by 20 runs or so going for a victory than playing for a d...
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It’s now approaching 4.25 am and it looks as if England are settling for a draw since Zak Crawley was out for 77 and especially as Joe Root has just b...
Have England any chance of avoiding defeat in the current Test Match? Have England even a chance of actually winning the match? Well let’s not forget ...
Jarrko Nevertheless Scotland did defeat England in a one day international as recently as June 2018 by 6 runs. Scotland scored 371 for 5 wickets...
Having watched every FA Cup match on the BBC iplayer I must say that the time given for every match was excellent. I wish that the beeb could do that ...
And Sunderland failed to win at Wycombe with the Chairboys equalising 8 minutes into added time. But as well as Boro and Pools winning let’s give a th...
I wasn’t a bit surprised that Hartlepool beat Blackpool, that’s the 5th time that Pools have beaten a team from a higher division this season but the ...
During the last four seasons as a Premier League club up to 2009 Boro had their most successful run in the FA Cup without reaching the Final. In 2006 ...
I remember the shock news when David Bairstow committed suicide in 1998 but didn’t realise that his son Jonny’s century today has come just two days l...
How much longer can Hartlepool extend its cup giant killing reputation? Home to covid hit Blackpool tomorrow in the FA Cup and now avoided a quarterfi...
Great recovery from England to avoid the follow-on after another dismal start to the day. Unless the weather intervenes England are still likely to lo...
What is it about our nearest neighbours Hartlepool United in Cup matches?They may be struggling especially away from home in the league but remain unb...
It certainly be great to put a face on fellow diasborians if my health was up to it, fingers crossed. My big concern is climbing stairs.
@OFB I’ve been delving into the former Diasboro.worldpress forum and your In2views and especially enjoyed those with Doug Weatherall. I remember...
I do admit though that LOSING our Premier League status was a blow and that winning the FA Cup against Chelsea in 1997 would have been scant consolati...
Far too early in my opinion about what other teams do. Let’s just concentrate on the Boro.
When I was a child my father improvised with any old newspapers he could find to make Christmas decorations and paper hats after making sure we had en...
I previously mentioned about how after the Munich Air Disaster several cuptied players were allowed to play for Manchester United in the FA Cup. Well ...
On another subject is it good or even realistic to think that Manchester City have already won the Premier League at the half way point of the season?...
With Covid shouldn’t the rules be a little more flexible? After the Munich air disaster I seem to remember that Manchester United were given dispensat...
After all the furore of the postponement of today’s match I don’t think the EFL were entirely to blame. I think it was more likely that the pressure w...
The trouble with cricket now is that the County Championship has been downgraded to fixtures being played at the beginning of the season and at the en...
At least we have some cricket to watch this week, even though England can’t regain the Ashes. Joe Root has ended the year with 1,708 runs in Test cric...
The postponement of Boro’s match has at least given me the chance to start the New Year in the right way watching the New Years Day concert from Vienn...
Happy New Year to all Diasborians. I’m hoping for a better year than this year especially after the worst Christmas Day I’ve endured with diarrhoea an...
I’m pleased that the match has been postponed as Sheffield United would have a decided advantage of several days rest over Boro. I did write earlier t...
I’m pleased that the match has been postponed as Sheffield United would have a decided advantage of several days rest over Boro. I did write earlier t...