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Here are a few examples though not a complete list of clubs changing their names or suffices:- Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic to AFC Bournemouth...

@deleriad I agree that Dhanda seems one hell of a player. One might say his appearance got Swansea’s dander up. I love these close finishes though, ...

Now I know this sounds weird but since the Second World War before our opponents were granted city status and known as plain Swansea Town I always loo...

Werdermouth I’ve just completed a blog on the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams but it hasn’t appeared and I’ve just discovered that I wasn’t logged ...

Just one more statistic to mull over folks. The last time that Boro had only conceded 9 goals from their opening 14 league matches they won promotion ...

@exmil Yes Neil Warnock did say that. It almost takes me back to Alan Hansen’s comment about Manchester United “You’ll never win anything with kids...

Swansea’s away results this season fairly impressive having only conceded 4 goals, but only scored 7 though only 1 defeat to League leaders Norwich. H...

@john-richardson ALL FA CUP RESULTS AWAY TO BRENTFORD 2nd Feb 1907 Lost 0-1 24th Jan 1948 Won 2-1 scorers Spuhler and McCormack 8th Jan 1949 ...

FRANZ LEHAR 1870/1948 Franz Lehar was born in Komarom, Hungary (now Komarno, Slovakia) and until the age of 12 only spoke Hungarian. He studied the ...

Hope things go well for you today. A Burnley fan of mine (sorry to mention the B word) had his second pacemaker fitted 5 years ago and he’s 84 now.

@martin-bellamy Agreed about the Super League Final, but what else would one expect when these two sides meet?

SCOTT JOPLIN 1868/1917 Scott Joplin was born in Texarkana, Texas in 1868. His mother was a laundress from Kentucky and his father was a labourer and...

The fact is that actually Boro have only taken 5 points from their last 5 matches, when it should have been at least double that if we are a team with...

It takes an outstanding team to put together successive unbeaten runs. Boro have rarely done that in my lifetime; only Jack Charlton’s promotion side ...

VITTORIO MONTI 1868/1922 Little is known about Monti’s life only to state that he was born in Naples, Italy in 1868 only to mention that he composed...

Duly noted. But pleased you acknowledge my article, probably the longest I’ve completed. Though my travelling abroad I’m sad to say has now come to an...

Although Boro have only scored 3 away goals this season they have conceded only 3. Huddersfield seem to have difficulty in scoring at home with only 5...

JEAN SIBELIUS 1865/1957 Sibelius was born and christened as Johan Julian Christian Sibelius in 1865 in Hameenlinna then part of the Grand Duchy of F...

For Liam Rosenior to state he was ‘speechless’ following Derby’s poor performance against Boro, he certainly had plenty to say in his diatribe about h...

Thanks Werdermouth. I’ve rewritten the final paragraphs and finished the whole article at 1.32 this afternoon, so would be grateful if you could delet...

RICHARD GEORG STRAUSS 1864/1949 Richard Strauss (no relation to the Austrian Strauss family) was born in Munich, Germany in 1864 and started piano l...

Well, as Redcar Red remarked it’s very rare for Boro to score more than twice in a league game. In fact the 3-2 surprise win at West Brom last season ...

Thanks Werder for another insight into some things I missed about Derby. I was intrigued about the Cocuball as I thought it was a type of cricket ball...

PIETRO ANTONIO STEFANO MASCAGNI 1863/1945 Pietro Mascagni was born in Livorno, Italy in 1863 and began his musical studies at the age of 13. Against...

@redcarred Seems fairly obvious to me. That’s why golfers practice their chipping techniques.

CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862/1918 Debussy was born in Saint-German-en-Laye, Seine-et-Oise, north west of Paris in 1862. However in 1870 to escape the siege o...

Benfica not so mighty now though having lost their last two league matches to Sporting Braga and in the previous match 3-0 to Boavista who yesterday l...

As I mentioned before yesterday’s match a run of 10 unbeaten league matches has often been difficult to achieve. In fact twice before the Second World...

By coincidence I’ve just turned on the television on Sky Arts channel and it’s showing a modern version of Puccini’s ‘La Boheme’ which I briefly ment...