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@ken Apologies, Ken. Have been away and just seen your earlier questions on the Scots forwards and friendlies of the late 40s. This was sightly b...

@forever-dormo I had the pleasure of seeing John Charles play against the Boro in the 1950s. It was a memorable experience for me as it was the fir...

Very good, Werder. And phew! I think I might now watch it. Not much of it, but some. Just England, Wales, Australia and the later knockout ti...

A brilliant piece, Werder, and as incisive an analysis as I have seen anywhere. Indeed this whole debate, stimulated by Allan's original contribution...

Bob Thanks for posting that excellent Norwich match report which was so good that it reminded me of one of Redcar Red's regular reports which added...

@forever-dormo Enjoyed both of your recent posts, Dormo. The first was a bit camp, but the second reassuringly hip.

A fine energetic performance from the lads, particularly in the first half when we could have easily gone in leading 5-1, instead of being behind. F...

Astonished that Giles continues as left wing back. Such an obvious weakness defensively. If Bola not available there must be some other way of pluggin...

@deleriad Can't disagree with your general argument, but this lad oozes genuine quality of a kind that I haven't seen in any of our previous loanee...

Great post, Bob. Iqbal will certainly be a crowd pleaser if we can get him. Great balance, low centre of gravity, two-footed, the only proviso being...

Thanks and congratulations, Bob, on another excellent and topical starter. We are really lucky to have both you and Andy putting in so much time and ...

Poor game. One shot on target and we go in one up. Some nice little midfield triangles just before half time but we generally lack cohesion. If we g...

Tepid game half an hour in. We have shown nothing, then a nice ball in from Smith headed home by Akpom. Hope this gives us some confidence as we hav...

So Carrick is giving the Scott proteges a chance. Forss selected: Hoppe on the bench. We shall see.

@powmillnaemore I not only recall Clairville Common consisting of a couple of mud-patch pitches in the 19440s and 1950s but I played on them many m...

@ken I think they played at Hustlers Fields off Stockton Road, but later moved to Hutton Road, on a pitch later taken over by the Boro as their tra...

@k-p-in-spain Your Dad must have been a really good player because Boro Swifts were a crack youth team. That was the reason that Don Revie as a yo...

@k-p-in-spain My 'uncle', Bill Sanderson, was the man who signed Don Revie for the Boro Swifts, which became a nursery team for Leicester City. (Un...

Bitterly disappointing to lose to an added time winner with two men left unmarked beyond the far post. Very poor defending, but we were lucky to have ...

Good open game. We look promising on the break but are giving Preston too much down their left with Jones not getting back and leaving Smith two agai...

@werdermouth Good to hear about 'Never give up...' Do pass on our best wishes and let her know that she has been sorely missed. And has she reall...

Interesting to see the Boro training video with Carrick working on the team's passing. Very good, though in the final game even our forwards were able...

Woodgate reinstated; Leo retained; the new coach surrounded by the old guard and the same recruitment structure which has delivered failure, the threa...

Apologies for my post which became redundant as I was typing it. It will be interesting to see who Carrick brings in with him, how the issues causin...

Thanks for getting the ball rolling, Bob. Greatly appreciated. The delays over Carrick's appointment continue. I have no inside information abo...

@forever-dormo Thanks for the Braverman Shanty tip. Never heard of the Marsh family, but having been knocked out by the Shanty I have spent a very...

@k-p-in-spain Excellent summary of the game.

A first half hour that had all of the intensity, atmosphere, skill and excitement of a pre-season friendly between two non-league teams. Boro had mos...

@werdermouth` Brilliant. I had to consult the keyboard to see what you !@£$%^&*ing well meant. As amusing as the reason why Kwasi Kwarteng ha...

@deleriad As with Bob's earlier post, I don't necessarily disagree with the points you make, but the club has control of the Wilder narrative and w...