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Tony Mowbray’s new-look Middlesbrough side claimed their first three points of the 2012/2013 npower Championship campaign on Tuesday night. Boro put in a spirited team performance and scored three outstanding goals to overcome Burnley by three goals to two – just days after our shock defeat to Barnsley on the opening day. It was the [...]

Boro boss Tony Mowbray will embark on a major overhaul of his first team squad this summer, as his side prepare for another season in the Championship. It will be a testing few months for the former West Brom manager as his ability to deal in the transfer market will be under heavy scrutiny. This [...]

Middlesbrough’s midfield maestro and current club captain Barry Robson made his farewell appearance on Saturday. Our recently crowned Player of the Year is heading to Canada in the summer to join the Vancouver Whitecaps on a free transfer. A decision which left many fans shocked and disappointed due to losing such a vital and hard-working [...]

In one of their most difficult challenges of the season, Middlesbrough pulled off the unthinkable as they managed to beat automatic promotion chasing Southampton. So with Championship teams heading into the final league game, there is still a possibility of Boro reaching this year’s play-offs after all. Who would have thought it? Well, definitely not me. [...]

Middlesbrough’s play-off dreams will come to an inevitable end this weekend as the gap between our promotion rivals is probably too wide to close. Although play-offs is still mathematically possible, it is expected that Boro, currently seventh, will be the team to just miss out on a top six finish. The most frustrating and disappointing [...]

Middlesbrough managed to restore some of their credibility as play-off contenders on Saturday with a 1-0 win over Derby County. The result at Pride Park marked the end of a miserable run of nine games without a victory for Boro and gave a much-needed boost to our promotion ambitions. Curtis Main made the three points [...]

Middlesbrough suffered the worst possible outcome during their make or break Easter weekend. Two defeats at the hands of two play-off rivals has left our season hanging in the balance as we linger in eighth place. With just four games to go, our play-off chances seem as fragile as ever. The whole 2011/2012 campaign for [...]

This upcoming Easter weekend brings about two games in the space of three days for Championship clubs. Middlesbrough have one of the toughest challenges over the extended break as we have to face the two teams directly below us in the league. Both clubs will be doing all they can to leapfrog us, which has [...]

The Championship is an unforgiving league to say the least, so it is best not to have many regrets come May. A lack of that elusive ‘killer instinct’ to finish a game off or squandered goal chances can always come back to painfully haunt a team, which Middlesbrough may experience at the end of the [...]