Championship Fan's News
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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Gordon Strachan is slowly piecing his own Middlesbrough jigsaw together with the help of a few of his old pals from yesteryear in Scotland. The 53-year-old endured a few months of mixed reactions from the Boro faithful but now, after grabbing a few experienced players from north of the border, it looks like he has [...]
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From Follow The Boro Brick Road on 26 February, 2010
Middlesbrough entertain Queens Park Rangers at the Riverside tomorrow in a game that should result in nothing less than three points. Since the 5-1 win at Loftus Road back at the beginning of December, QPR have only managed two wins from 14 matches in the Championship leaving them only four points from the relegation zone.
Whilst [...]
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From Follow The Boro Brick Road on 20 February, 2010
Gordon Strachan spoke to the local press yesterday ahead of the big game at the City Ground this afternoon saying that he and the team are desperate to gain promotion this season.
That eagerness and want for football's top tier of football will be assessed against a very solid Nottingham Forest side today and after a [...]
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From Follow The Boro Brick Road on 19 February, 2010
Jeremie Aliadiere's return to the first-team has given Gordon Strachan extra options in the final third of the pitch as he hopes to strengthen our resolve in the goal scoring department which has blighted our progression this season in the Championship.
Once again the Frenchman has been hit with injuries this season which have plagued his [...]
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