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Are You Ready For The Craw… ley?

Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now… we don’t often go in for electro music, but it is a simple message from Hot Chip. Our traditional November struggle now behind us, we hurtle towards the festive frolics of Christmas with a win …

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Hart Warming

Now the temperature has done a Luton Town and fallen into a place where it is struggling to rise, it is comforting to see that Boro’ are back to warming the cockles. Even if the hosts on Saturday can feel perhaps aggrieved that they didn’t find the back of the …

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Ronnie, Meet Greg

“I don’t think he knew where it was going and it’s ended up in the back of our net” – so said Tranmere manager Ronnie Moore of Greg Tansey’s wonderful strike after Saturday’s draw against the league leaders. We rather believe that if you can’t appreciate a moment of such …

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Beside The Seaside

Oh! We do like to be beside the seaside We do like to be beside the sea… Bournemouth then. Without going into too much detail about Saturday’s performance, we now look ahead and look to get back on track. Yeah, we’ve said that a couple of times in the past …

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Bouncing Back

If the memories of losing at home to Preston last week have had you driving up to Dundee in your bare feet and developing an unhealthy obsession with Toblerone, then it is time for you to stop and to bounce back. A prominent media personality from Norfolk managed it – …

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Can We Open Our Eyes Now?

Hmmm. That didn’t go very well, did it? The anticipated return of Graham Westley with his Preston North End charges was an opportunity for us to show him how we’ve moved on since he decided to leave us for the sunnier climes of Lancashire earlier this year. Maybe it was …

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The Single Biggest Game Ever. Maybe.

Let’s have a little bet. How far can we get into this blog post without mentioning Graham Westley? If you said “18 words”, you will be awarded some form of honour at some point and we will sigh in exasperation. But then again, were we ever going able to escape …

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Some Thoughts About Yeovil

“By 15 games it’s no fluke, it’s not lucky. They are up there for a reason…” – not our words, the words of Top Gear magazine Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson (remember him)? A chilly Somerset is the destination for Boro’s next outing this evening and offers the perfect chance …

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How Was It For You?

Much like one of those regrettable liaisons with a member of the opposite sex, no doubt Boro’ fans woke up yesterday morning – and perhaps even this morning – feeling rather awkward and disconsolate. Did that, y’know, happen? There is alas no avoiding the fact that Stevenage were brutally humbled …

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Introducing: Paolo Di Canio

As the photo to the left illustrates, Paolo Di Canio is a fairly genial, understated person and is rarely seen to be making waves. Those in the seats behind the away dugout can, therefore, not expect any theatrics as the league season moves on with Swindon at home. How we …

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