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Give the academy kids a go. Fans love the local youngsters to perform. Forget top six which in my opinion is unrealistic, I’d settle for 10th to 14th....
@jarkko Not that I use it much nowadays except for shopping I drive a Chevrolet Laccetti and the colour is a greenish shade of cyan. I’ve had it for...
@borobrie Because they have no Devises for Chippenham. (devices for chipping them).
Borobrie Of course, but then why are you only served mashed potatoes in Wiltshire restaurants?
I’m sure this is an old joke, but I’ve just heard it. Why are there no headache tablets in the jungle?
Belated congratulations to you and your wife.
Now to the season often referred to as Two Cup Finals and a Relegation. I’ve already dealt with the relegation in my ‘20 most remarkable league season...
Watched all 5 Rugby League matches at Headingley these last 3 days, lovely weather there, but has anyone seen the sun in Redcar? Too tired to watch th...
Not only did Lennie Lawrence guide Boro to promotion in his first season as manager, but also took them to the Semifinals of the League Cup and this i...
Well done! It was a 3-0 win against Sheffield Utd.
Writing about Boro hat tricks, Micky Fenton was the oldest to record one on the 11th of December 1948 in the 6-0 win against Aston Villa and yes I was...
Well not from Wikipedia, although I did recall about Ian St John but not the exact details. Met him on a golfing holiday in the Algarve, but I was onl...
@jarkko Short answer is no, not on a debut. I don’t know whether you have heard of the Saint and Greavsie show that was an ITV televised show during ...
Suddenly Boro created a habit of reaching Quarterfinals in the FA Cup but falling at that hurdle and let’s start in Jack Charlton’s last season:- 19...
The Football League Cup was the idea of Alan Hardaker Secretary of the Football League and introduced in 1961 when the Final was decided over 2 legs f...
Maybe the Southerners, but when I was actively mobile it was very rare not to see a car with a Dutch registration. They certainly have good taste as h...
Once again we have a reporter asking a new player how he’ll cope with the climate up north. Well Teesside isn’t in the Arctic circle and sometimes in ...
Football started after the Second World War with the FA Cup to primarily give the soccer starved Country a taste of what most of the people had been m...
In their second season as a professional club in the Second Division Boro had to play 3 Qualifying Rounds to reach the First Round proper and this is ...
Just a note to state that I have now completed my review of what I consider to be the top 20 most remarkable seasons of League football by Middlesbrou...
Having come so near to promotion in the previous season the question was could go one step further in season 2015/16 especially now that Patrick Bamfo...
So now I come to the most recent seasons in my chosen 20 with Aitor Karanka’s first full season in charge of Boro:- 2014/15 CHAMPIONSHIP 9 Aug Ho...
Congratulations to Harrogate Town on gaining promotion to League 2, a nice Yorkshire Day present for their fans albeit one day late.
@boroexile When I heard about the purchase of Grant Hall I wondered if some folk thought it was another establishment for Steve Gibson to acquire a...
Here is a list of points deductions this century that I can recall, although don’t shoot the messenger if I’ve forgotten some as I’m now in my summer ...
Before the start of the next season Juninho had signed for Atlético Madrid, Ravanelli played in the first 2 matches before signing for Olympique Marse...
The 1996/97 season was noted for two Cup Finals and a relegation so I’ve included Cup matches integrated into the League programme match by match with...