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10 July 2020

Paddy Butcher

We weren't around at the time ourselves – but, for those who were, the mid-1980s saw Boro' back at our swashbuckling best. The step…

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03 July 2020

Marvin Williams

For a Boro' side adapting to life in the Football League, one of the men that Graham Westley looked to for that bit extra…

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Think of the name Gittings and we bet that Martin comes to mind. But the service Peter Gittings gave to Boro' also deserves recognition...

26 June 2020

Peter Gittings

"At least I'm the best player in my own family" – it says much about England's 2001 Ashes team that bowler Jimmy Ormond's best…

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05 June 2020

Chris Day

Goalkeepers. In a lot of ways, it's much easier to notice their impact on a team – compared to other positions on the pitch,…

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01 June 2020

Right Backs

A great philosopher* once said "nobody grows up wanting to be a Gary Neville". But we're not sure about that one. At Boro', we've…

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30 May 2020

Carel van der Velden

If we asked you to, we bet you could name at least one of England's one-cap wonders. Steve Guppy – he's one. Brian Stein…

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09 May 2020

Rodney McAree

Newcastle aside, there ain't too much about the 1997-8 campaign we'd look back on with love. Cloughie got to work rebuilding the Boro' squad…

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01 May 2020

Michael Bostwick

Michael Bostwick. Unassuming, but certainly not underrated. And we're sure that all Boro' fans speak highly of both the man and the player. Mark…

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If we had to pick our favourite all-time player, it turns out George Boyd is our man. But explaining why ain't quite that easy as we thought...

03 April 2020

George Boyd

If we had to choose our favourite all-time Boro' player, it turns out that George Boyd is that man. But it also turns out…

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We doubt that many new faces will ever be on the same book as George Boyd – let alone the same page.

27 March 2020

Boro’ Left Wingers

The scourge of the English national team for most of the 1990s and maybe even still now, but we've had some real gems of…

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