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A cracker, Andy. You're really getting into this. And I think you are right. Given that the result isn't vital for the Boro, the respect that Warno...

Stuart Boam was the star turn at that players' reunion dinner that Jarkko mentioned. He gave the speech of the evening, hilariously funny, down-to-e...

Hear, hear. Have a great day, Jarkko

Really enjoying your work, Ken. It's a great effort. Thanks so much.

Thanks, Ken, for another evocative piece and some impeccable research. Schwarzer would make my team of the best Boro post-war X1. I had the good ...

Malcolm, Great link, and not a complete surprise.

Great post, Ken. Thanks so much. With excellent follow ups by Jarkko, Bob and Powmill. Archibald,eh? I bet Jim the Keeper keeps that one quiet...

At home, but only Watmore and Kebano as genuine forwards? I can't remember anything so defeatist on our own track in all of my years of supporting t...

Really good intro, Bob. Informative, well-written, excellently sourced and funny. Terrific. Well done and many thanks.

The only thing I see in those rags that I would believe is fish and chips. And I would take them with a very large pinch of salt.

@ken No, Ken, I didn't see that game. 1946 was a bit early for me. I started going in 1947. Nevertheless, the Cummings incident was legendary and ...

Thanks, Ken, some evocative memories there. David Mills was a model professional who was not only a potent goal scorer, but had an elegance, pace an...

Excellent opener, Andy. Thanks.

A bit of a purple patch in the first 20 minutes of the second half saw us secure victory. Kebano was playing at another level on the right during this...

Hoofball dross from Boro for half an hour with not a decent move in sight. The only creative passing play came from Preston who hit the bar and had...

A convincing scoreline in a game in which we were rarely able to get hold of the ball. Three goals, yet their keeper did not make a single save. ...

Agree KP. As bad as it gets early doors, but a couple of attacks, a couple of goals and the whole complexion of the game has changed. Spence has b...

I agree with Powmill. This was a lovely post, Ken, beautifully written and full of moving sentiments without ever being sentimental or mawkish. I too ...

Powmill, How typically kind and generous of you. More than I deserve, as a rheumy-eyed old codger given to occasional outbursts of intemperate rage...

@andy-r Agreed, Andy. A lovely tribute and a credit to both its subject and its writer. Many thanks Powmill

"I was pleased with that. I thought we were good." (Neil Warnock) 'Nuff said.

To say that this was a scrappy game is to grotesquely inflate its quality. Granted the pitch was bumpy, but I have really seen a game at any level...

@ken And there was, of course, the best ever actual scorebook entry: Lillie caught Willey bowled Dilley.

@original-fat-bob Some crackers there. I also liked "If Matt Busby were alive today he would be spinning in his grave." and " The sands of time a...

Bob, "To be fair" is now so over-used in football punditry that it is frequently just a filler, and often used so inappropriately as to be funny. ...

@ken Thanks ,Ken, I found all of this history fascinating. I half-knew some of it but you have joined a lot of the dots. I'm not religious, but n...

Great stuff, Ken. I remember my Dad talking about all of these revered figures. He was born in 1898 so he saw almost all of them.

Bob I was simply making the ironical point that what is being flagged as a great new initiative and progressive leap into the future by the club is ...

I see that the club has come up with a brilliant new and completely original idea. They are planning a series of interviews by a Boro fan with Boro ...

Ken, I greatly enjoyed your historical perspective on the game. It's not a "limitation' but a very useful context. Thanks for all of your efforts.