Discussion Forum

Shades of the Carling Cup Final when Bolo Zenden got away with it. A case of some you win, some you lose. To be honest I’m glad Zenden got away with h...

I doubt that Boro would have scored today if they played till midnight. I thought this was one of the most inept displays of the season except for Dae...

FREDERICK THEODORE ALBERT DELIUS 1862/1934 Delius was born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1862 although his parents were of German and Scandinavian herit...

After Norwich it’s as following:- Wed 25 Nov Home Derby Sat 28 Nov Away Huddersfield Wed 2 Dec Home Swansea Sat 5 Dec Away Stoke Wed 9 D...

I’ve heard it said that it’s not the fall that hurts you but the collision with the ground, and I can vouch for that as already 3 times this year I’ve...

GUSTAV MAHLER 1860/1911 Gustav Mahler was born in Iglau, Bohemia in 1860 and at the age of 4 years started piano lessons and 6 years later made his ...

ISAAC ALBENIZ 1860/1909 Albeniz was born in Camprodon in the Province of Girona, Spain and passed the entrance examination for piano to the Paris Co...

GIACOMO PUCCINI 1858/1924 Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy in 1858 and at the age of 6 participated as a choirboy in the beautiful San Martino Cathe...

Just remembered it was called Snowfire

Another famous England player Ray Clemence has just died at a relative young age of 72. I remember being shocked at the time 15 years ago when he was ...

My Dad was a plater at Dorman Long and in the winter with the fab shop doors open to the icy elements but working with red hot ingots inside he used t...

EDWARD ELGAR 1857/1934 Edward Elgar was born in the small village of Lower Broadheath near Worcester and from the age of 8 was taking piano and viol...

And yet Derby County Under 23s head the Premier League Group 1 for Under 23 clubs ahead of Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs although those 3 clubs have lo...

I wrote earlier in the month how I was becoming forgetful about recent events and also was even forgetting how to spell some of the simplest words yet...

Other children’s games have just come to mind including ‘nearest to the wall’ with bottle tops, a bit like quoits with the nearest to the wall adding ...

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA 1854/1932 John Philip Sousa was born in Washington DC in the United States in 1854, and it may surprise people to learn that he ha...

And to think that Boro were willing to sell him to Barnsley for half the £500 fee that they had paid Durham for his services before that memorable sea...

CHARLES HUBERT HASTINGS PARRY 1848/1918 Hubert Parry was born in Bournemouth in 1848 but his early life was a lonely life as he was brought up by a ...

GABRIEL FAURE 1845/1924 Gabriel Fauré was born in Pamiers, Ariege in the South of France in 1845 but was fostered until the age of 4, and at the age...

I must congratulate Werdermouth on this new format of Diasboro which allows us to write about any subject as well as football and the Boro, although I...

I remember leg cricket although for some reason we called it French cricket. It was a mixed sport for girls and boys played with a bat and tennis ball...

Yes, one was only allowed to wear long trousers at school when one reached the age of 14 yet strangely today some grown men choose to wear shorts in N...

We all know that Football didn’t start with the advent of the Premier League, but as we celebrate Armistice Day on Wednesday I thought I might give a ...

Does anyone remember the lamp lighter who used to cycle along Parliament Road and Newport Road riding his bike and carrying a long pole lighting the g...

Jarkko I think that was the shock result of the round, so here’s some of my memories of Darlington FC in the FA Cup for you. The Quakers finished 20...

I don’t know what’s happening with my iPad at the moment but this is the second time recently that part of my blog has disappeared. Can’t be bothered ...

Another comprehensive report from Redcar Red. I’ve always found it difficult to identify opposition players of clubs who play in striped shirts becaus...

And only 6 substitutes named.

Quite agree with Jarkko. The hardest thing in football is to score goals and Britt’s average overall is acceptable considering the service he usually ...