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RR Not necessarily an either/or choice. I think each was right about the other. I'm afraid I had no time for either of them. Braithwaite was a dec...

Agree with all of the above tributes. It has been a great achievement, Ken, which not only brought back innumerable memories, but put flesh on the bon...

The booing at the Riverside, fairly or not, will inevitably have tarnished the image of both the town and the club. We can argue all day about whethe...

@deleriad Good (and typical of this blog) to have an intelligent, educated and informed response to the current issue that cuts through all of the c...

Thanks, Deleriad. Excellent post.

I recall one of Tommy Trinder 's football related jokes from the 1950s. He commented on air about the activities of the Duchess of Argyll, renowned in...

Brilliant, Clive. Hope they haven't got highlight tapes or our recruitment team might well bite at a few of these.

@ken Willie Maddren actually started off as a forward and wore the No 10 shirt for the reserves in his first few years at the club. If my memory ser...

@original-fat-bob We should snatch off their hands.

Has this season been "a step in the right direction"? Whenever I see that argument my mind goes back to a newspaper report I saw back in the 1950s....

The local journos will be the last people to turn against Warnock because he does their job for them. Pressers that go on for more than half an hour, ...

Meanwhile elsewhere a magnificent controlled volley from Wing put Rotherham ahead, Bamford has scored his 15th Premier League goal of the season., and...

You have to be up early in the morning to get the latest news before our Bob.

Thanks Ken, even though he was not one of my favourite Boro players. A bit too much of the Glasgow hatchet man for my liking, and latterly involved i...

A warm welcome back, Werder. Your analysis is, as ever, thoughtful and comprehensive, and provides us with a wonderfully stimulating basis for our ...

Thanks for the link, Martin. The video is available on youtube and they are three excellent strikes. I wasn't Kike's greatest fan when he was with us...

Bob Your posts are definitive proof that you have far more energy when you are half asleep than I have when fully awake and loaded with vitamins and...

Thanks, Bob, for all of your great efforts, well beyond the call of duty. And in the middle of the night. Hope you managed to get a bit of well-ear...

Deleriad I know what you mean about Howson not appearing to have the attributes for a centre-back. Don Revie felt the same about Joe Shaw. There's...

Agree, Andy, Howson looked an interesting, if improbable figure at centre-back. He brought back memories of two outstanding figures from the past in ...

Greatly enjoyed the game, though I felt for Rotherham, and there will have been little pleasure in it for their fans. I was completely wrong about ou...

Warney, As arranged I've put the kids in. Couldn't get any more in if i tried. Even I haven't seen or heard of most of them. Treat them gen...

It's been heartening to see the fans of the 'bigger' clubs unanimously revolting against the terrifying prospect of their not having the occasional op...

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...