ComeOnBoro RSS news feed http://comeonboro.com comeonboro.com en Middlesbrough and Newcastle shared the spoils with a 2-2 draw in yesterday's north east derby, but it was the Magpies boss Chris Hughton who was happier about picking up a point. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/newch/038003.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:54:12 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/newch/038003.php Newcastle snatched a 2-2 draw at the Riverside as Middlesbrough crept a little closer to the play-off places yesterday. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/newch/038002.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:59:00 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/newch/038002.php Deciding Derby... After being cheated out of a point at Cardiff, Boro must now take something from this North East derby if they are to keep their play-off dreams alive. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312739.php Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:49:33 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312739.php Willo Flood is a major doubt ahead of Middlesbrough's north-east derby with Newcastle United at the Riverside Stadium today. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/newch/038001.php Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:56:55 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/newch/038001.php BORO EYE VIEW Still alive! In trouble?..yes. Desperation point?..yes, but the Boro season is still alive after Roy Keane's Ipswich beat sixth place Cardiff in midweek, and Sheffield United are also faltering with a defeat at the hands of bottom club Peterborough. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314040.php Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:14:27 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314040.php It has been a fairly tumultuous season for David Wheater so far. The Redcar Rock took Boro's relegation hard, the departure of manager Gareth Southgate seemed to derail his season and a never ending revolving door of partners at the heart of Boro's defence have offered no stability, and, in some cases, very little support for the young defender. http://www.comeonboro.com/interviews/140060.php Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:05:02 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/interviews/140060.php Games against Newcastle United are always eagerly anticipated by all Boro fans. It's a chance to put one over on the team the media love and the one who are always making the headlines. But this weekend's game seems to lack the passion and interest that has always been associated with it. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/310629.php Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:57:19 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/310629.php The defeat to Cardiff City showed why Boro are having so much trouble mounting any sort of promotion challenge this season, we are always in our own way. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/313414.php Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:01:19 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/313414.php World Cup referee George Courtney will answer fans' questions when he visits Middlesbrough Official Supporters Club this Monday, March 15. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870144.php Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:29:14 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870144.php Sergeant Brian Taylor, currently serving as a Weapons Techinician in the Royal Air Force, has set up an online auction with a host of Scottish football memorabilia, and a selection of Premier League and Football League items up for grabs. http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250917.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:12:44 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250917.php Football shirts left in tribute to Sir Bobby Robson after his death in July last year are now being received by children in some of the world's poorest countries. http://www.comeonboro.com/footballleague/800019.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:03:04 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/footballleague/800019.php Boro fans attending Saturday's game with Newcastle United are asked to note that they will not be given access around the back of the Riverside's South Stand either before or after the derby match. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870143.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:06:20 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870143.php Middlesbrough FC are joining forces with all 72 Football League Clubs in a united week of action to raise awareness and vital funds for Help for Heroes - The Football League's Official Charity Partner for the 2009-10 season. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870142.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:13:53 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870142.php With only two days since Sunday's amazing victory Teesside head to Sheffield to compete in the BUCS Futsal Championship Finals 2010, knowing that it so nearly could have been Stirling in their place. The BUCS finals run for three days at Pond's Forge International Sports Centre as part of the bigger event, the BUCS Championships 2010. http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830027.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:54:59 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830027.php Teesside University Futsal Club dramatically snatched a place in the British University Futsal Finals with a last second goal on Sunday at Thornaby Pavilion in the Northern regional qualifers. Jason Kilbride got the late late winner, a shot from Jon Prosser that Kilbride diverted in with his chest. http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830026.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:01:00 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830026.php I was looking forward to the weekend, having finally gotten my internet installed in my apartment, and the new Fox Soccer Plus channel on my cable system. http://comeonboro.com/columns/312249.php Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:53:44 GMT http://comeonboro.com/columns/312249.php As I sit here watching the quarter-finals on the telly, it sinks in how low the Boro have sunk. http://comeonboro.com/columns/312931.php Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:54:22 GMT http://comeonboro.com/columns/312931.php The Build Up To The Game The websites this week were surprisingly quiet in the build up to what was such a season defining game as this one. http://comeonboro.com/columns/312019.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:18:20 GMT http://comeonboro.com/columns/312019.php Middlesbrough were beaten 1-0 by a Jay Bothroyd's third minute strike to slip further away from the play-off places. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/carda/037004.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:17:59 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/carda/037004.php The Second Half Neither side made any changes at half time. Taylor put in an excellent ball to Lita who headed wide from a couple of yards out. He should have scored. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/carda/037003.php Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:19:09 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/carda/037003.php The First Half Cardiff City 1 Boro 0 (Bothroyd, 3) Cardiff began attacking left to right. GOAL! - An early free-kick for the Bluebirds was deflected for a Cardiff corner and Boro's inability to deal with set pieces was exposed once again for Jay Bothroyd to score. The assist came from Gabor Gyepes. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/carda/037002.php Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:01:27 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/carda/037002.php Slowly, surely, as expected, we are mounting a little charge onto the play-offs. It is back within our sights, although, about five other teams will say exactly the same thing. And understandably so! http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311631.php Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:13:38 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311631.php Testing Times... For the first time since January 2007, Boro made it three successive home wins by defeating QPR 2-0 on Saturday. Sitting now just two points outside the play-offs, Gordon Strachan knows that a win over Cardiff City this weekend may see his side move back into the top six. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312738.php Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:47:40 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312738.php Peter Whittingham and Mark Kennedy will not feature for Cardiff. Whittingham misses out with a torn groin muscle while left-back Kennedy is struggling with a calf injury. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/carda/037001.php Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:30:06 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/carda/037001.php I am regularly asked at speaking functions: "Why don't ref's take more action on holding offences in the penalty area?" A very good question, and one I usually answer with a question of my own, “What would you do?”. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/310628.php Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:58:54 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/310628.php All 72 Football League Clubs are uniting in a week of action to raise awareness and vital funds for 'Help for Heroes' - Football League's Official Charity Partner for the 2009/10 season. http://www.comeonboro.com/footballleague/800018.php Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:33:49 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/footballleague/800018.php BORO EYE VIEW Mathematically speaking, this is without doubt Boro's biggest game of the season. With the top five pulling away, Cardiff are the last play-off team within touching distance and sit two points above Boro with two games in hand. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314039.php Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:11:26 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314039.php At a recent MFC in the community event (Micro Soccer) ComeOnBoro.com's Elle Brunton caught up with Boro's new Irish midfielder, Willo Flood to talk flukey goals, Celtic team mates and returning to Cardiff. http://www.comeonboro.com/interviews/140059.php Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:56:48 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/interviews/140059.php ...In the immortal words of Roy Walker [Catchphrase]. It was a good result, but the performance wasn't right. It was just plain boring. We had a goal disallowed in the first half and two penalties given. It was amazing to think we could have gone in 3-0 up at half time after playing that badly. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312930.php Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:16:19 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312930.php We all have the same story of how we were taken along by our dads or granddads to Ayresome Park or the Riverside. We know the date, the opposition and the score. Heck, we even know the exact line-ups, substitutes, match officials and all. Maybe we even know how many were in attendance. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314133.php Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:02:14 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314133.php Boro stars Willo Flood and Stephen McManus were introduced to Boro's MFC in the Community scheme with a Micro Soccer event to promote the club's popular Micro Soccer courses for budding young players. http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250916.php Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:14:26 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250916.php Supporters who book to have Mother's Day lunch at Middlesbrough FC will also be treated to a stadium tour and a gift for every Mum. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870140.php Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:08:01 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870140.php Major improvements including new pitch dividers mean playing on Middlesbrough FC in the Community's superb outdoor pitches is now more fun than ever - and it costs from just £1.50 per player. As a two-month introductory offer, peak-time games are now available at off-peak prices, meaning you pay the same price whenever you choose to play. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870139.php Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:01:32 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870139.php As things stand (ie before Pogi or Robbo or Killen gets injured on international duty) Boro's injury list is starting to look more encouraging. http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250915.php Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:52:22 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250915.php Fans who make a donation towards Boro's £5,000 target for Macmillan Cancer Support could win one of five pairs of tickets to the glittering Fashion Strikes dinner at the Riverside Stadium next Tuesday (March 9). http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870138.php Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:10:27 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870138.php Boro have up to four players on international duty this evening. Defender Emanuel Pogatetz sustained a hamstring injury in Boro's 2-0 win over QPR last weekend, but has been selected for the Austria squad for their friendly against Denmark. http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250914.php Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:16:35 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250914.php Middlesbrough won away in Greater Manchester for the second time this season with a comfortable 9-5 win over league newcomers Oldham Athletic on Sunday inspired by a hattrick for captain Kilbride. http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830025.php Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:06:13 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830025.php I thought I had better write this column this week, when Boro are travelling to Wales to play Cardiff, rather than ahead of the impending north east derby at the Riverside. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/313413.php Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:05:00 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/313413.php Middlesbrough Football Club hosted an anti-racism education day as part of the Show Racism the Red Card campaign where pupils from local schools Acklam Whin, Lockwood, Zetland and Abingdon participated in a question-and-answer session with a panel featuring Boro star Justin Hoyte and Show Racism the Red Card professional coaches Curtis Fleming, Dean Gordon, Gary Bennett, John Anderson and Olivier Bernard. http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250913.php Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:06:02 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250913.php It's hard not to feel sympathy for Gordon Strachan. Now, when I say this, I'm not focusing on the constraints he's working under, or the fact that two of his new strikers have so far failed to hit the ground running. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/313119.php Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:04:55 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/313119.php With Iceland's home pitch water logged, the game was switched to Riverside Park. Middlesbrough car sales started slightly stronger and pressed Iceland back into there own half during the first 10 minutes. http://www.comeonboro.com/iceland/860014.php Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:44:50 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/iceland/860014.php Loan deals have been agreed for two young members of Boro's first-team squad. Midfielder Josh Walker, 21, is joining Rotherham United and 19-year-old goalkeeper Jason Steele is teaming up with fellow League Two side Northampton Town, both on initial 28-day loans. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870137.php Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:59:00 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870137.php Middlesbrough blasted back into play-off contention courtesy of two well-taken penalties by Barry Robson in an otherwise stuttering 2-0 home win over QPR. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/qprh/036003.php Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:42:33 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/qprh/036003.php Two first-half penalties from Barry Robson gave Boro the win and put Gordon Strachan's team firmly in charge at the Riverside Stadium and complete a welcoe double over QPR that kept Boro's play-off challenge right on track. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/qprh/036002.php Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:36:03 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/qprh/036002.php Time to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start again. A couple of tough away days have ended in defeat without a goal scored and have left us clutching at the last desperate hopes of the play-offs. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311630.php Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:40:06 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311630.php Middlesbrough striker Scott McDonald is doubtful for the clash with QPR. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/qprh/036001.php Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:39:28 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/qprh/036001.php Following back to back away defeats, Boro now find themselves five points off the top six, but have played more fixtures than the sides they are trying to catch. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312737.php Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:53:04 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312737.php I doubt that many of the 2,000 plus Boro fans returning from the City Ground following Boro's 1-0 defeat would have been in a rush to watch it again as the Football League show broadcast extended highlights of the game as their featured match. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/310627.php Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:10:09 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/310627.php At a recent community event (Show Racism The Red Card) ComeOnBoro.com's Elle Brunton caught up with Boro defender Justin Hoyte to talk Strachan's tactics, playing in midfield, and that goal against Barnsley! http://www.comeonboro.com/interviews/140058.php Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:14:48 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/interviews/140058.php Potential Boro stars of 2025 will join forces with Riverside new boys Willo Flood and Stephen McManus for It's a Knockout-style challenges at MFC in the Community's Herlingshaw Centre. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870136.php Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:38:03 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870136.php BORO EYE VIEW Boro return home to face a struggling QPR outfit after two tough on the road defeats. Boro's play-off hopes were also dealt a significant blow in midweek with Leicester City's victory at Doncaster. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314038.php Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:03:20 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314038.php Teenage forward Jonathan Franks will be the guest speaker at Middlesbrough Official Supporters Club's next meeting on Monday (March 1). http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870135.php Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:29:33 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870135.php Two years ago Private Dave Tatlock was told he would never walk again, but on Sunday the 20-year-old will march out onto the Wembley turf in front of 90,000 fans to place the Carling Cup on its plinth in the lead up to kick-off. http://www.comeonboro.com/footballleague/800016.php Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:08:43 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/footballleague/800016.php Yes, I know it's not new, and I know it's not funny, but it just about sums the Boro up at the minute. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312929.php Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:53:19 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312929.php Past and present Boro stars helped to promote a day of anti-racism education at the Riverside Stadium. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870133.php Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:54:53 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870133.php Riverside regulars can start a new pre-match routine with the visit of QPR this Saturday with the opening of the new 'Boro Bar' within the stadium's South Stand. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870132.php Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:26:59 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870132.php After back to back away defeats, it is looking increasingly like Middlesbrough Football Club will have to settle for another season in the second tier of English football. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312826.php Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:58:59 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312826.php Full-back Kyle Naughton (currently on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) has been selected for the England Under 21 squad for the side's European Championship qualifier against group leaders Greece. http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250912.php Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:00:41 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/spec_arts/250912.php "Such a little thing, but the difference it made was grave". I doubt Morrissey had a Middlesbrough defeat to Nottingham Forest some two decades in the future in mind when he wrote the song, but it fits nicely nonetheless. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314132.php Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:59:44 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314132.php Middlesbrough Former Players Association are holding what promises to be a memorable night of entertainment as past Boro and Newcastle stars go head to head in A Question of Sport. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870131.php Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:17:54 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870131.php Don't you get sick of hearing players coming out and making statements to the Press about how they're going to do this, or how they're going to do that? http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312248.php Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:15:46 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312248.php I have often thought that a Boro season ticket should carry a health warning on it. For this week, my column does. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311826.php Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:34:45 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311826.php The websites this week have carried the reaction to the 'reversion to type' defeat away at Blackpool. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312018.php Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:40:28 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312018.php The Second Half Neither side made any changes at half time, despite a lot of movement, from the Forest bench, in particular. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/foresta/035003.php Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:09:17 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/foresta/035003.php The First Half Boro began attacking right to left and started the brighter of the two teams, captain Gary O'Neil wide shot from distance. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/foresta/035002.php Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:59:52 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/foresta/035002.php When Robert Huth departed the Riverside for sunny erm Stoke, it is not an exaggeration to say that Boro's defence fell apart. The arrival of Sean St Ledger did not help matters, or aid David Wheater's development from a poor second season in the Premier League. http://www.comeonboro.com/interviews/140057.php Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:06:43 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/interviews/140057.php Looking to bounce back... Is what Boro will be doing on Saturday as they try to forget about their midweek defeat at Blackpool. It was another tale of two halves as we had to wait to go 1-0 down before we came out, in the second half, as a better team. If we have a similar start against Forest this weekend, there's no doubt that the game will be over in a matter of minutes. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312736.php Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:54:58 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312736.php Nottingham Forest have no new problems ahead of their clash with Middlesbrough as they look to set a club-record ninth straight home league win. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/foresta/035001.php Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:51:55 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/foresta/035001.php BORO EYE VIEW Boro received their first defeat in seven games at Blackpool, and it will get no easier with a trip to the City ground. Boro have remained on the fringes of the play-off race, but still have work to do to crack the top six. A big performance both skill wise, and character wise will be required to get points at Forest. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314037.php Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:40:06 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314037.php Of all of Strachan's 'Scottish invasion' January transfer signings, the one which caused the most buzz around the Riverside was Scott McDonald. http://www.comeonboro.com/interviews/140056.php Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:04:32 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/interviews/140056.php A set-back, that's all it was, I hope. But defeat to Blackpool was still a bitter pill to swallow. Defeat was made all the more difficult to take because of the penalty miss, the red card, the red card that never was and the blatantly offside second goal. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311629.php Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:52:28 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311629.php Josh Phillips has signed for Middlesbrough in time for Sunday's home clash with Liverpool at Thornaby Pavilion. http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830023.php Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:36:48 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830023.php Boro stars Rhys Williams and Seb Hines took part in sign language and lip reading lessons when they attended a course with national social care charity CIC (Community Integrated Care). http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870130.php Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:59:57 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870130.php I've continually believed that Middlesbrough would have been better off not sacking Gareth Southgate. No-one ever seems to believe me however, so I've resorted to the one thing all football fans seem to love: statistics. http://comeonboro.com/columns/313513.php Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:03:51 GMT http://comeonboro.com/columns/313513.php Although it was difficult to get excited about last weekend's performance against Peterborough, there was at least renewed hope for Boro fans that a new look squad may well push hard for a play-off place. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312825.php Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:55:19 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312825.php Teesside schools and charities have been given extra-time to 'win' a Middlesbrough player through an exciting new community scheme. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870129.php Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:08:09 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870129.php Boro star Danny Coyne will greet around 10 service personnel from RAF Boulmer who are taking part in an unusual charity challenge at the Riverside Stadium on Thursday February 18. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870128.php Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:01:56 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870128.php Recently, 32-year-old Amy Fearn became the first female to ref in the Football League when she replaced injured ref Tony Bates in the 70th minute of the Championship game between Coventry City and Nottingham Forest. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/310626.php Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:55:34 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/310626.php The Build Up To The Game Amongst the many horrors and disappointments of having to scrutinise a Championship fixture list at the start of this season was seeing when a compensatory (?) 'KISS ME SLOW - I'M A BORO FAN' weekend in the 'Las Vegas of the North' would be possible. I'm sure a Tuesday evening in February wasn't top of the wish list. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312017.php Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:53:28 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312017.php Boro can go top of the FA Futsal League North in time for the club's third birthday next week as they take on league newcomers Liverpool at Thornaby Pavilion on Sunday 21st February, kick off 2pm. http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830022.php Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:12:37 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830022.php Past and present Boro stars will be helping to promote a day of anti-racism education at the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday February 23 (9.30am-3.00pm). http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870126.php Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:54:48 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870126.php Julio Arca replaced Jonathan Franks as the second half kicked off. Aliadiere was clear on goal until Charlie Adam brought him down and was booked for his trouble. The resulting free kick was blazed over the bar by Gary O'Neil. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/bpoola/033003.php Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:58:04 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/bpoola/033003.php The First Half Boro were attacking right to left as the game got underway. But an early counter attack from Blackpool and Boro on their toes. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/bpoola/033002.php Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:45:29 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/bpoola/033002.php Blackpool's star player Charlie Adam returns as the Seasiders welcome Middlesbrough to Broomfield Road. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/bpoola/033001.php Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:04:05 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/bpoola/033001.php Now that the transfer window has passed and the new recruits have sort of gelled in and again, sort of, begun to produce the goods, it's a welcome time to speculate on how things might be if Gareth Southgate was still in charge. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/313118.php Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:54:33 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/313118.php Whenever I looked down from the lofty heights of the Premiership down onto our not so fortunate brethren in the Championship, I always thought how unfair the play-offs were. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312928.php Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:56:31 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312928.php Boro midfielder Barry Robson made it into the Championship Team of the Week after he scored the winning goal in Boro's 1-0 victory over Peterborough at the Riverside last weekend. http://www.comeonboro.com/footballleague/800014.php Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:55:37 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/footballleague/800014.php Six out of six... Boro continued their push for promotion as they held on to claim a 1-0 win over bottom club Peterborough, to move just two points outside the play-off places. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312735.php Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:58:37 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312735.php Middlesbrough FC Chairman Steve Gibson hopes his new role as a patron of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation will help to increase fund-raising activities on Teesside. http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870127.php Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:37:39 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870127.php BORO EYE VIEW Boro solidified 8th place with a hard fought win over Peterborough. While Boro were in 8th before the game, the reality was that a number of sides below us had games in hand that could have seen then overtake Boro if they won them. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314036.php Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:04:42 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314036.php Ten-year-old Boro fan Liam Connor will set to be a mascot at AC Milan's UEFA Champions League clash with Manchester United tomorrow (Tuesday February 16) - as the result of the Boro shirt his dad bought him for Christmas! http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870125.php Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:55:06 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870125.php Six points out of six, two wins on the trot, yet Gordon isn't happy. The performance wasn't good enough and we nearly threw it away at the death. Pressing home an advantage and not letting the opposition back in is what we lacked. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311825.php Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:57:47 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311825.php Planning a wedding can be a difficult and confusing time. Where do you go to find all those little luxuries that your big day deserves? http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870124.php Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:04:13 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/clubpr/870124.php On a very heavy pitch both sides tried to play passing football but the ball was literally getting stuck in midfield. http://www.comeonboro.com/iceland/860013.php Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:06:18 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/iceland/860013.php Middlesbrough snatched a last gasp winner after Grimsby fought back to three all, on Sunday, at the Gemtec Arena in Hull, to temporarily move second in the FA Futsal League North. Robbie Bettson bagged a brace, including the winner, after Jon Prosser and Sean O'Brien had helped Boro to a 3-1 half-time lead. http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830021.php Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:56:54 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/futsal/830021.php Boro made it six games undefeated as Barry Robson hit his first goal in English football. The January signing from Celtic's seventh minute strike also ensured that Gordon Strachan's side chalked up to back-to-back wins for the first time since September. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/peterh/033002.php Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:03:17 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/peterh/033002.php Gary O'Neil is a doubt for Middlesbrough's home clash with The Posh. http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/peterh/033001.php Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:27:34 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/programme/peterh/033001.php The year is 1994, it's a horrible season and we're going nowhere, following relegation, having finishing second bottom in the top flight. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311628.php Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:01:43 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/311628.php Boro continued their push for promotion with a much needed win over Barnsley on Tuesday night. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312734.php Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:48:24 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/312734.php BORO EYE VIEW Boro produced a good display in midweek, to defeat a solid Barnsley team. We now find ourselves in a tight race with Leicester and Sheffield United, at the moment, for the coveted final play-off spot. Boro tied 2-2 at Peterborough earlier in the season, but the circumstances were different. Back then Boro were shifting line-ups and trying to find an identity. http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314035.php Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:54:18 GMT http://www.comeonboro.com/columns/314035.php