Championship Fan's News
Boro have threatened both Newcastle United and Derby County in the space of three days but the opposition were also resilient enough to produce goals of their own which resulted in two consecutive draws. Strachan will be pleased with the way we have been creating chances at one end of the reason but will be [...]
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Leroy Lita's injury-time leveller against Derby County last night might be the break that Middlesbrough need at the business end of the season. After going ahead through Barry Robson in the first-half Nigel Clough's team levelled proceedings midway through the second period and then scored a second on 74 minutes which looked like being the [...]
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Scott McDonald scored his first goal in a Middlesbrough shirt on Saturday and after coming through the match unscathed will be hoping to add to his tally in tonight's game at Derby.
The Australian international was a live-wire against Newcastle in the Tees-Tyne derby and threatened throughout with his pace and use of the ball. Boro [...]
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After conceding early on in the first-half when Peter Lovenkrands had put the visitors ahead, Barry Robson and Scott McDonald linked up well to level the scoring 20 minutes later. It was a peach of goal from the 31-year-old who lashed the ball home with a 20-yard left-footed strike. Some could say it was a [...]
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Bragging rights are up for grabs at the Riverside tomorrow as Strachan's Middlesbrough take on the league leaders Newcastle United in a game that is set to be fiery encounter.
Newcastle are almost guaranteed promotion back to the high-life and fair play to them because they have knuckled down this season and done things the [...]
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The game against Newcastle on Saturday could be a platform for us to build on which will hopefully start a mini revival in our so far dismal season in the Coca-Cola Championship.
The last time to the two sides met back in December 2009 Newcastle brushed past a lacklustre Middlesbrough team at St James' Park signalling [...]
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Jeremie Aliadiere's injury nightmare on Teesside is set to continue after the midfielder/striker was ruled out for six weeks yesterday with a broken toe. The 26-year-old had just returned from the treatment table having been out of action for several weeks but now it seems that the Frenchman may face being sidelined for the rest [...]
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I didn't have enough space in the headline to put 'great goalkeeping and poor refereeing deny Boro' so I just left it with praise for the opposition's stopper, plus I don't want to make people think that Boro were hard-done-by on Saturday and that Cardiff City and the officials played very well.
David Marshall in the [...]
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After the 2-0 win over Queens Park Rangers last Saturday Gordon Strachan will be looking to grab another victory to take into the Newcastle United game next week. Cardiff City are having a good season and currently sit in the last Play-Off position with 49 points ahead of the likes of Blackpool, ourselves and Sheffield [...]
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Scott McDonald is back in training after seeing a specialist about his troublesome hernia. The 26-year-old has had problems with the injury since he had surgery in January and has not been match fit for Boro since signing from Celtic for £3.5million in the transfer window.
A second operation was on the cards for the Australian [...]
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