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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.

For too many years now we have been a non-footballing club. From Karanka onwards our MO has not so much to develop a team of talented and creative p...

@powmillnaemore Hear, hear. Well said. I'll not only second that but drink to it as well

I won't comment further on yesterday's game, since previous posters have said it all. However I was relieved that Warnock did not blame the result o...

Ken Some great centre-forwards there. But, of course, as you will remember, in the years between Fenton and Clough we had to endure some justifiabl...

We have only started to play after going two goals down. The worst feature of the game has been the Derby commentary team, who don't seem to have th...

Well spotted, Bob, and thanks for keeping us ahead of the game on proper possible transfer moves.

See my half-time comments. A new low.