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@original-fat-bob Of course the late David Coleman was notable for a few, but I can’t remember any at the moment. Didn’t Hilda Ogden once refer to...

@lenmasterman As long as you take an iPad with you I reckon the angels might supply a Wi-Fi connection.

MICHAEL FENTON 1932/1950 Fenton, always known as Micky, was born in Stockton in 1913 and played his amateur football with South Bank East End before...

@philip-of-huddersfield Given the choice I’d prefer us to beat Cardiff than Bristol.

@k-p-in-spain Sorry but I disagree. I can’t stand Maddo, but each to their own. I recently mentioned Ali Brownlee and just my opinion but I thought...

GEORGE HENRY CAMSELL 1925/1939 George Camsell was born in Framwellgate Moor, Durham in 1902 and started his career in the Northern League playing f...

WILLIAM PEASE 1926/1933 Always known as Billy Pease he was born in Leeds in 1899. He served with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during the Fi...

JAMES McCLELLAND 1924/28 McClelland known as Jimmy, like the aforementioned Birrell was also a Fifeshire lad born in Dysart in 1902 and also started...

Thanks to KP in Spain for transferring my history of Boro strikers onto this new site I am able to continue to write about further goalscorers in chro...

Did you know that Boro’s record attendance at the Riverside was 34,836 for the clash against Norwich City in 2004? Boro won 2-0 with a brace in two se...

@jarkko It must be 24 matches in 1926/27 as Boro lost their first home match of the season to Preston then won 18 of the remaining 20 which included...

Third successive defeat for Brentford today, can Boro make inroads towards the playoffs this afternoon?

Did you know that the first match to be abandoned but the result allowed to stand involved Boro. It occurred in April 1915 in a First Division match a...

Quite an interview, Bob. Arguably one of your best.

@k-p-in-spain Thanks very much, quite happy with that. I didn’t realise that you would be able to transfer all that data so quickly. It gives ...

@k-p-in-spain I’d be very happy for you to do that. It doesn’t bother me who’s name these stories come from, it’s just that I feel they should be ...

Here’s another astonishing turnaround involving Leeds United albeit against different clubs. Their biggest ever win and biggest ever defeat occurred i...

I always thought that Boro were involved in one of the most astonishing turnabouts in football against the same opponents during the 1930/31 season wh...

@redcarred I always assumed that a straight red card means a 3 match ban but two yellows are only one match bans, unless the totting up of yellow ca...

Thanks to all for your support, but I’ve always been a perfectionist and self critical of myself. Sometimes it used to drive my wife up the wall, but ...

One thing I’ve learned about previewing Boro’s opponents is that it’s not an easy task. Werdermouth, Redcar Red and OFB have been excellent in doing t...

READING BETWEEN THE LINES I know an awful pun about Reading FC, but the Royals founded in 1871 are the 5th oldest English football club that are st...

READING BETWEEN THE LINES I know an awful pun about Reading FC, but the Royals founded in 1871 are the 5th oldest English club that are still in ex...

OFB and Redcar Red I’ll give it a go at writing the preview for the Reading match, so here goes.

@stircrazy I just knew Mbenza would score with that free kick, he’s done it before.

@powmillnaemore That was brilliant. Thank you very much for everyone’s kind thoughts. I went missing on this forum in late January as I was in suc...

There’s been a lot of criticism about the wicket in Chennai for the Second cricket test from English reporters and commentators. I believe a lot of it...