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Forever Dormo You’re correct on all your facts, in fact there’s hardly a day that goes by when I can’t remember the reason for entering my kitchen,...
This weekend’s FA Cup match for me depends on the selection process of the Sussex based side. Brighton have only appeared in one FA Cup Final in their...
Thank goodness Christmas is over, and also New Year’s Day too. I obviously knew when it was both days, but hadn’t a clue what day of the week either w...
Carrick seems calmer about the situation than most on this forum by not getting too carried away, and quite rightly so. A play-off FINAL will still be...
After a horrible Christmas Day which didn’t go to plan, I watched a couple of recordings of the Morecambe and Wise Christmas shows from 1970 and 1972 ...
Whilst only Burnley and Sheffield United have scored more goals than Boro this season and the Championship Forecast Provider has forecast that Boro wi...
What a brilliant concept the Christmas Truce Project was and sincere congratulations to Middlesbrough FC and indeed all the other 24 football clubs wh...
The first goalkeeper to be given the title of ‘The Cat’ was Ted Ditchburn of Spurs in 1946 some 22 years before Peter Bonetti. In those days the Engl...
I have to agree that for intensity and skill that the 1970 World Cup Final was the greatest. Yes I did see all of Pele’s World Cup matches on televisi...
As to the fact that the laws of football state that the sending off was justified, we all know that sometimes the laws are an ass. How many times does...
PEDRO EDSON ARANTES NASCIMENTO born on the 23rd of October in 1940 in Tres Coracoes, Minas Gerais, Brasilia, and known the world over as PELE with an ...
Surely the sending off was a joke! When will referees and linesmen use a bit of common sense? By the letter of the law, the dismissal of John Bickley ...
Jarrko Going back to that 0-9 thrashing from Blackburn in November 1954. that defeat came out of the blue as Boro had beaten West Ham 6-0 only the...
Sorry, obviously missed the away match at Carrow Road
A very comprehensive preview from OFB of our next opponents in this season’s Championship. Of all Boro’s opponents only defeats against Manchester Uni...
I don’t usually report on Rugby League on this forum, nor berate Castleford fans but I’m seething this Christmas as I’ve only just been made aware of ...
Apart from the international match between England and Slovakia in June 2003 the only time that the Riverside Stadium has been close to a full capacit...
What a cruel world we live in! Trying to redress the bad publicity that Yorkshire CCC have received during the last two years, I’m mollified to learn ...
I’ve loved the enthusiasm of the audience of the Grand Final of Strictly Come Dancing and that’s certainly what we need on Boxing Day if Boro are to o...
We’re now into Advent and for me as a Christian it means looking towards the birth of Jesus Christ. But the word ADVENT also means looking forward to ...
A poor defensive display after the brilliant Watmore goal in which Steffen again proved he is not the answer to Boro’s defensive problems. Burnley do ...
Sorry, double post. Couldn’t be divine intervention, could it? Maybe “God is seen to be working his purpose out, and the time is drawing near” through...
Two very interesting articles in the Northern Echo today. First and the most impressive is the story about Charlie Wyke,the former Sunderland striker ...
I’m all in favour of regional leagues to cut travelling costs for clubs and fans alike. That’s how football started with the Third Division split betw...
@mw-in-darwin I’m not surprised, but what do the Aussies or Yanks know about soccer or cricket for that matter? It was the British who invented all...
Yep, I may be eccentric but I’m still alive, although may not be alive and kicking. But I’m still alive to tell the tale, and my carer from Age Concer...
But if there were additional points awarded for goals scored, we wouldn’t have these silly idioms used in the first place. Just imagine if Boro needed...
It is often said that football league tables never lie. But that’s a fallacy as this season has proved with Boro, West Brom and Coventry all rising, w...
“I’m just wild about Harry, and Harry’s wild about me”. Although written over a century ago (1921 in fact) and made popular by the inimitable Judy G...