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MIDDLESBROUGH v NEWCASTLE QUIZ QUESTIONS

Answers appearing here after the match...

1. In which season did Jackie Millburn first play against the Boro?

2. Which '20 minute footballer' arrived at Boro from Newcastle in January 1946?

3. How old was he when he joined the Boro?

4. Which Boro goalkeeper guested for Newcastle United during the war years?

5. Who scored two penalties against Newcastle United in the 1948-1949 season? What was the score in this game?

6. In the 1949-1950 season the Newcastle United home match generated a then record attendance at Ayresome Park. What was this attendance, to the nearest thousand?

7. How many days were there between the home and away fixtures against Newcastle this season?

8. The score was the same in both fixtures. What was it and who scored the goals?

9. Name the Evening Gazette sports reporter who missed the home game due to being taken ill at St. James' Park. What was the illness?

10. Which Newcastle player scored an own goal in the fixture at the Riverside on 10 February 1996?

11. Who returned from injury in this game and was subsequently substituted because of a return of that injury?

12. What was unique about the Riverside attendance for this game?

13. Who had kept John Craggs out of the Newcastle side, allowing him only 50 appearances in six years?

14. When did Craggs sign for the Boro in a then record transfer for the club and who was sold to be able to fund the transfer?

15. How many years later did he go back to Newcastle United on a free transfer?

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