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Ken Smith
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RE: 2020-21 Fixtures Published

Thanks for publishing Boro’s fixture list as above. Far easier to identify between home and away matches than presented on the Mfc website, especially...

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RE: 2020-21 Fixtures Published

Interestingly the final matches of the season are to be played on a Saturday instead of a Sunday for the first time in ten years except for last seaso...

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

The last time Boro reached the Quarterfinals of the FA Cup was only 3 years ago but with Boro fighting relegation that season surprisingly Boro fans a...

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RE: 2020-21 Fixtures Published

Logistically it might have been preferable to have played Bournemouth, or even Cardiff or Swansea away first as it would save fans a long journey with...

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RE: 2020-21 Fixtures Published

One interesting statistic to come out of the 2019/2020 Championship season is that prior to lockdown there had been 190 home wins, 123 draws and 131 a...

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

Not only was 2015/16 a promotion season for Boro but they also reached the Quarterfinals of the League Cup for the 10th time and this is how they did ...

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RE: Speculation on Appointments and Players

I’m exhausted just watching the Day 2 video of Boro’s training routine.

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

Before I review the 2012/13 League Cup season it’s worth reminding folks that Boro had not received a home draw in this competition since September 20...

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

Jarkko Sorry incorrect. There were 3 others as well as Boro - Chelsea, Manchester Utd and Portsmouth, but only one reached the Semifinal. QUARTERF...

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

2008/09 turned out to be the fourth consecutive season that Boro reached the Quarterfinal of the FA Cup although it also turned out to be a relegation...

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RE: Speculation on Appointments and Players

92 members now on Diasboro.club, same as the number of League clubs in England. Not all contributors of course, but that doesn’t matter as it shows a ...

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RE: Speculation on Appointments and Players

I wonder if he can act. If so, he would wow the female population with his good looks and charisma. Could be the next David Niven.

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

Boro didn’t have to play a Premier League side in 2007/08 but failed to get beyond the Quarterfinals and these are the sides they met:- 2007/08 FA C...

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RE: Speculation on Appointments and Players

Each to his own. But the one day game can throw up some wonderful excitement. As a statistical nut it produces more information than any other sport. ...

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

The next season Boro again reached the Quarterfinals of the FA Cup. They might have been fortunate in reaching that round not having met a Premier Lea...

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RE: Cricket

@martin-bellamy Anthony Vickers used to irritate me about Middlesbrough not belonging in Yorkshire. I still have a copy of my mother’s birth certifi...

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RE: Cricket

A good first day for Yorkshire, unfortunately some drizzle around midday tomorrow and thunderstorms for Monday and Tuesday. Let’s hope that inclement ...

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RE: Speculation on Appointments and Players

Am I the only one reading speculation on whom Boro might sign as a little tedious? Hardly any news since last season finished. My ears tend to prick u...

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RE: Cricket

There’s a saying “Never speak ill of the dead”. Well Chris Waters the Cricket correspondent for the Yorkshire Post obviously doesn’t adhere to that no...

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

These are the statistics for the two years that Boro were involved in the EUFA Cup:- 2004/05 EUFA CUP 16 Sep Home Banik Ostrava 3-0 :Hasselbaink...

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

The 2005/06 season was notable for not only Boro reaching the EUFA Cup Final but also the last time that Boro reached an FA Cup Semifinal and this is ...

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

I’m glad that you tune in to this part of the forum. There are only 8 further seasons to review where Boro reached the Quarterfinals of Cup competitio...

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RE: Speculation on Appointments and Players

Why do we now see a photograph of Neil Warnock congratulating Marvin Johnson on signing a new contract by SHAKING hands? Is there a different protocol...

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RE: Speculation on Appointments and Players

It now transpires that the story about the Hull FC father visiting his sick child in hospital was not the cause for the outbreak of coronavirus among...

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

Boro were going to ruffle a few feathers among the top Premier League clubs in the FA Cup in season 2001/02 as follows:- 2001/02 FA CUP 8 Jan Away...

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RE: Speculation on Appointments and Players

Wherever he is we gotta keep the home fires burning.

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RE: Speculation on Appointments and Players

In my compilation of football statistics especially concerning Boro I still use the original formula of First, Second, Third and Fourth Divisions. In ...

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RE: Speculation on Appointments and Players

I’m not scaremongering but although football is not a contact sport like rugby it is disturbing to find out that 8 members of Hull FC have tested posi...

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RE: Boro’s Cup seasons up to the Quarterfinals and beyond

The next season Boro although now a First Division club again reached the League Cup Final but again lost to Chelsea who had beaten Boro in the FA Cup...

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