If I were to ask a Boro fan what were the main staples of Aitor Karanka’s time at Middlesbrough Football Club, you would probably say ‘a strong defence and ability to grind out victories.’ Not far behind that, however, would probably be the recruitment that took place, and being able to turn the middling, average […]
From five million pound-man to make shift defender. Paddy McNair’s first season as a Middlesbrough player didn’t quite go to plan. Tony Pulis brough McNair south from Sunderland, to Rockliffe before the start of the 2018/19 season. To most fans he looked to be the replacement for Mo Besic, who has spent the last six […]
Every Middlesbrough fan has expereinced some form of surprise during their time supporting the club. Be that in a sad way, with the club nearly being wound up in 1986, or in an exciting way with the European nights under the Riverside lights against Basel and Steaua Bucharest in 2006. One thing that came as […]
By Dom Brown I, like many of you, have been a fan of Middlesbrough Football Club since I was a child. I remember watching Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Szilard Nemeth and Mark Viduka wheeling away to celebrate after scoring for Steve McClaren’s side, before I was even ten years old. Away from football, though, I remember […]
Views from the Holgate 