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    Five things that Irritate me about modern day football....

    1. Players feeling the need to taunt the other team's supporters after scoring. 2. VAR 3. Paying more than £30 for a seat for an away game and then not being able to sit on it because everyone else feels the need to stand. 4. Players not celebrating when scoring against former clubs. (It's...
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    6 December 1980 - The End is Nigh

    Interesting with hindsight to see how John Neal saw what was just around the corner on 6 December 1980. He talked in a newspaper article and his programme notes for that day's game against Aston Villa about his fear that just as the squad had developed a squad of true quality it would fall...
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    Trivia Question

    What is the lowest score (ie result) never to have occurred in the Premier League.
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    Watch Boro v Orient 1978 shortly....

    ....Big Match Revisited on ITV4 now.
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    What's the worst Boro squad you've seen?

    Although the statistics show that this is our worst ever start to a season, I'm fairly confident that this isn't the worst squad we've ever had. From the years I've been watching the Boro, the 1982/983 squad would probably edge it. The star players who got us to the Wolves FA Cup QF had all...
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    Wrexham v Swindon Town

    Just watched the Wrexham v Swindon Town game from Saturday and I have to say that despite it being from the fourth tier I'll be surprised if there's a better game this season. One of the classics!
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    52 Years of Joy

    52 years ago today I attended my first Boro game at Ayresome Park with my dad (Boro 3 QPR 2). If only the 7 year old me had known what he was letting himself in for........
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    Boro Born Ashes Players

    I see that Australia have a Middlesbrough born bowler in their Ashes squad, which got me thinking about who was the last Boro born Ashes player. The last I can think of is Chris Old - surely I must be forgetting some more recent examples?
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    Magic Weekend

    I was up at Newcastle on Saturday for the first day of rugby league's Magic Weekend and while I'm not a great fan of rugby league it's a really good event, which football could learn a lot from. For those who don't know, it's all 12 Super League teams playing back to back at one venue, with...
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