Middlesbrough FC v Coventry City

SATURDAY 29 JANUARY 2022, 3PM 

MIDDLESBROUGH 

v COVENTRY CITY 

OFFICIAL 

MATCHDAY 

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Chris Wilder 

“We have set some 

good standards over 

the past couple of 

months and that’s 

what we are striving 

for on a consistent, 

week-to-week 

basis” 

Good afternoon everyone and welcome back 

to the Riverside. I’d like to welcome Mark 

Robins, the staff, players and supporters who 

have travelled from Coventry. 

Coventry City come here on the back of a 

good season so far. It’s their second back at 

this level – their first back playing in their own 

city – and Mark has really got them going. 

They have threats and they don’t concede a 

lot of goals, so we know it will be a test today. 

We’d had a terrific run of results leading up 

to Blackburn, and the challenge now is for us 

to go on another run. We have set some good 

standards over the past couple of months 

and that’s what we are striving for on a 

consistent, week-to-week basis. We will have 

bumps in the road as we go, but it’s how we 

handle those and how we respond. 

We showed great, great character here 

last time out against Reading to win the 

game as late as we did. Once we’d equalised, 

there was only one team going to win it and 

it spoke volumes for the team’s spirit that 

we were still at it in the 96th minute looking 

for the winner. The scenes at the end were 

fantastic – that’s why we all love the game 

– and I can’t thank you enough for your 

backing that night. 

We’ll be looking to you again for your 

support today. To see almost 3,000 at 

Blackburn on Monday for a televised game 

was fantastic, and to sell out around 9,500 

tickets for Friday’s FA Cup tie at Old Trafford 

in the space of just 24 hours says more about 

you and your support than words ever could. 

I know there’s naturally been a lot of 

talk among fans about Friday’s game, 

but I can assure you that we’ve not been 

looking beyond today. The Championship 

is our bread and butter and turning in a 

performance against Coventry has been our 

sole focus since the final whistle went at 

Blackburn on Monday. 

Chris 

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Saturday 22 January 

Sky Bet Championship 

Riverside Stadium 

BORO 2 (Crooks, 84, 90+5) 

READING 1 (Carroll 68) 

Boro: Lumley, Dijksteel (Watmore 72), Fry, McNair, 

Jones, Crooks, Howson (Coburn 84), Tavernier, 

Taylor, Sporar, Connolly (Balogun 67). Subs not 

used: Daniels (gk), Payero, Peltier, Bamba. 

Reading: Southwood, Tetek, Holmes, Laurent, 

Bristow, Drinkwater, Rinomhota, Hoilett (Camara 

56), Swift (Joao 88), Dele-Bashiru, Carroll. Subs not 

used: Collins (gk), Clarke, Puscas, Holzman. 

Referee: James Linington 

Yellow cards: Tavernier (Boro); Bristow, Hoilett, 

Drinkwater (Reading). 

Attendance: 21,634 (256 Reading) 

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Monday 24 January 

Sky Bet Championship 

Ewood Park 

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 

(Gallagher 76) 

BORO 0 

Blackburn: Kaminski, Lenihan, 

van Hecke, Wharton, Nyambe, 

Travis, Johnson, Edun, Buckley 

(Zeefuik 89), Khadra 

(Butterworth 77), Gallagher. 

Subs not used: Pears (gk), 

Ayala, Davenport, Rankin- 

Costello, Garrett. 

Boro: Lumley, Dijksteel 

(Watmore 89), Fry, McNair, 

Jones, Crooks, Howson 

(Balogun 80), Tavernier, 

Taylor (Coburn 90+12), Sporar, 

Connolly. Subs not used: 

Daniels (gk), Payero, Peltier, 

Bamba. 

Referee: Darren England 

Yellow cards: Nyambe, Travis, 

Edun, Wharton (Blackburn); 

Taylor, Tavernier, Crooks, 

Jones, McNair (Boro). 

Attendance: 14,670 

(2,997 Boro) 

Matt Crooks and Isaiah Jones tussle 

with Rovers’ Sam Gallagher. 

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Happy 50th birthday to 

Jason Pearce, celebrating in 

the Riverside Restaurant with 

his brothers today!. 

1 Kevin had loved the 

Boro since aged 11 when 

his Grandad took him to 

Ayresome Park over 50 years 

ago. Were he here today he 

would be able to tell us the 

score, who scored, and how 

bad the referee was (always 

terrible). As soon as he could 

he became a season ticket 

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holder at Ayresome Park and 

sat in the same seat at the 

Riverside until a severe fall in 

the winter of 2018 made him 

physically unable to access 

the ground. His proudest 

moment was attending the 

League Cup final in 2004 to 

watch the Boro sail to victory. 

He squeezed his massive 

frame into the car to Cardiff 

with several family members 

and promptly opened the 

windows on the A19 sending 

the attached flag flying! Sadly, 

Kevin died suddenly at home 

in September 2020. Unable 

to have a proper wake, the 

family went to Redcar seafront 

and celebrated Kev’s life with 

a lemon top. He is very much 

missed and remembered 

fondly by his family, who 

are attending today’s 

match. As it says on Kevin’s 

commemorative brick at the 

Riverside: “Boro supporter 

through thick and thin”.

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2 David Helm... Lifelong 

Boro fan, adored dad of 

Sheryl and father-in-law of 

Kev. Matchdays won’t be the 

same without you. 

3 Happy birthday, AJ! 

You’re an amazing husband 

and dad. We love you so 

much and hope you have 

an amazing day! Lots of 

love from Charlotte, Taylor, 

Isabelle and Poppy xxx. 

4 Paula, Nicole, Lizzie and 

Thomas would love to wish 

husband Stephen Parker 

a happy 40th birthday. 

Stephen is my rock, my world, 

and soulmate. We all love you 

more than you will ever know. 

Let’s hope you get the win for 

your special day! 

5 We hope you enjoy your 

retirement, Tim – from Ricky 

and Scott and the rest of 

the workforce. Enjoy it – you 

deserve it! Up the Boro! 

6 Happy 13th birthday to 

Kaden. Lots of love, from 

mam, dad, Tegan, Cole and 

Tate xx. Enjoy the match 

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7 Happy 60th, Dad! We 

hope you have a lovely day 

celebrating with a Boro win! 

Lots of love from Emma, Ben, 

Nick and April xxx. 

8 Happy 80th birthday, 

Dad. Love from Andy, Jane, 

Amy and Rosie xxx. 

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Nathan Wood 

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FIVESOur young 

defender 

picks a dream 

five-a-side team 

from his time with 

Boro and England’s 

youth sides… 

GOALKEEPER 

Darren Randolph 

Randz gets in just for his reflexes and 

reaction saves. He is an absolute cat! 

I think I’ve only played a pre-season 

game with him, but that’s enough to 

get him picked in my team. 

DEFENDER 

Ben Gibson 

I’ll have Gibbo as my 

organiser, my ballplaying 

defender. He 

was class, Ben. He was 

a role model to me, and 

what will never, ever leave 

me is how he was with 

me when I was 15, 16 and 

starting to train with the 

first team. I’d feel like the 

smallest person on Earth 

training with people who 

I’d looked up to for years, 

but he made such an effort 

with me and just treated me 

like a normal lad. Now, when 

a new face comes in, I’ll give 

everything I can to make them 

feel the way he made me feel. 

I can’t put into words how much 

I appreciated it, he’s a real leader. 

George Friend was another one 

like that, to be fair. 

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MIDFIELDERS 

Yunus Musah 

Yunus, who plays for Valencia now, was one of the best 

I’ve played with. He’d never lose the ball. When I mention 

his name now, people don’t really know who he is – but 

he has had two full seasons in La Liga and he’s doing 

really well. Playing for England, you are always trying 

to play it out from the back so players like Yunus are a 

dream to play with. You can give it to him anywhere to 

get out of danger, he’ll always dribble out of it. 

Harvey Elliott 

Harvey is two-footed, lightning quick, and he can make 

something out of nothing... exactly the kind of player 

you want on the ball in your team, one with individual 

brilliance. I think these kind of players suit five-a-side! 

I loved him as a person, as well – a great lad. He’s his 

own man who would go out on the pitch to express 

himself, and I love that about him. He’s been unlucky 

with his injury at Liverpool but I’m sure he’ll go on to 

do great things. 

FORWARD 

Noni Madueke 

Noni is only 19 and is doing really well for PSV Eindhoven. 

When he’s firing, he’s unplayable. He’s a great finisher, 

but he’s not an individual – he creates and involves other 

people so him and Harvey would link up and cause 

mayhem together. 

On the subs bench... 

I’m going to have another five here! Sol Brynn is one 

of the best goalkeepers I’ve seen, he’s got all the 

attributes. Tino Livramento is just a complete footballer. 

Marcus Tavernier gives you pure energy but also a 

good communicator and linker in midfield, and Jacob 

Ramsey can take the ball 

anywhere, dribble and 

pass. Lukas Nmecha 

was one of the hardest 

to play in training 

– sharp, strong 

nasty. What he’s 

doing now in the 

Champions League 

and for Germany 

speaks for itself. 

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Chris Wilder is winning the 

battle for the hearts and 

minds of Middlesbrough 

fans and helping to forge a 

powerful sense of unity at 

the Riverside Stadium. 

The new boss speaks 

passionately, honestly and 

directly in no-frills, workingclass 

language that echoes 

the thoughts and feelings 

of fans. He doesn’t do selfpromoting, 

sugar-coating or 

excuses. He tells it as it is. 

That was underlined 

by his reaction to the 1-0 

televised defeat away at Tony 

Mowbray’s Blackburn Rovers 

on Monday night. It was a 

tight game decided by a 

rare mistake and Boro had 

chances to nick something. 

It would have been easy 

to write it off as “a bad day 

at the office”. After all, it was 

the first defeat in nine and 

against a very good team. 

And his team had won six 

of the previous seven league 

Come on Boro! 

“Wilder doesn’t do self-promoting, sugarcoating 

or excuses. He tells it as it is” 

games to completely reshape 

hopes and ambitions after 

a radical mid-season reset. 

He could have cut them 

some slack. 

But Wilder sets high 

standards for the attitude and 

performance he expects. He 

makes exacting demands of 

individuals and of the team. 

He wants them to improve 

and deliver in every single 

game and is not happy if they 

fall short. 

“I’m not into spin,” he 

simmered after the game. “I 

could come out and say, ‘How 

have we not got a result?’, 

but a football fan sees right 

through that. Blackburn 

wanted it more, were more 

aggressive than us, and they 

had the better chances.” 

Just under 3,000 Teessiders 

travelled to Ewood Park for an 

evening kick-off that was live 

on the box. That is mightily 

impressive. And just under 

10,000 tickets for another 

potentially awkward evening, 

the televised Friday night 

FA Cup tie at Manchester 

United, were sold in 24 hours. 

There is a buzz about the 

club right now and renewed 

expectations. 

Much of that stems from 

Wilder. He has quickly 

instilled a crowd-pleasing 

style of high-tempo, frontfoot 

attacking football with 

quick and slick passing. He 

demands that his team 

perform at high levels 

of industry, passion and 

consistency. He has the team 

playing well and fans daring 

to dream. 

So he wasn’t happy that 

they slipped back into bad 

old habits of starting slowly 

and passing square and 

sidewards rather than setting 

the tone, shape and tempo. 

He wasn’t happy at some 

“poncey bits of tactical and 

technical stuff”. 

That will strike a chord with 

Boro fans pack the Darwen End at Blackburn Rovers on Monday night. 

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Isaiah Jones on the 

attack at Blackburn. 

supporters. Most share his 

desire for a team that plays 

with passion and industry 

and never settles for second 

best. And most Teessiders 

agree with the ingredients he 

feels make a winning formula. 

“We need that fire and ice 

mentality,” he said. “Fire to 

win your tackles and headers 

but the ice to stay cool and 

play your game. The fire, 

first and foremost, has to be 

there, though. It was from 

Blackburn and not from 

ourselves.” 

The Rovers defeat was the 

first real dent in the revived 

Boro’s renewed ambitions, 

but it is far from fatal. The 

form table still looks good, 

there are new players yet to 

bed in and the team have 

momentum in a notoriously 

volatile division where that 

can really make all the 

difference. It is still all up 

for grabs. 

Wilder will be demanding 

his team bounce back with a 

display against Coventry City 

today that restores pride and 

momentum and comes up to 

his exacting standards. If they 

do that, the fans will deliver 

in style. 

If Middlesbrough can put 

in that fire and ice display, the 

Riverside will respond with 

red-hot passion. Let’s get the 

place rocking. 

Enjoy the game. 

COME ON BORO! 

Anthony Vickers 

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The use of social media to showcase collectors’ items has seen a rise in popularity and 

demand for Boro memorabilia. SHAUN WILSON delves into the archives to reveal some 

choice artefacts. For today: the 1982/83 and 1983/84 seasons, the McLean Homes years... 

NEW START, NEW SPONSOR 

After seven years in the 

top-flight, Boro were back 

in the Second Division for 

the 1982/83 season under 

manager Bobby Murdoch. 

Boro’s shirts were again 

produced by Adidas but 

this time a new sponsor was 

brought in to replace Datsun 

Cleveland after their two-year 

deal expired. Housebuilding 

company McLean Homes 

were chosen, and the firm’s 

“key” logo was emblazoned 

on the front of the shirts. The 

away shirts were in the same 

style but in the traditional 

blue of the previous seasons. 

After a disastrous start 

to the campaign including 

three consecutive 4-1 home 

hammerings, Murdoch was 

relieved of his duties and 

replaced with flamboyant 

character Malcolm Allison. 

Featured below are the 

home, away and goalkeeper 

shirts from the 1982/83 

season, and Murdoch’s final 

signing, Ray Hankin. 

LOGO REDESIGNED 

Allison spent £30,000 of his 

limited budget on bringing 

in former Manchester City 

forward Paul Sugrue along 

with a calculated gamble on 

Colchester United’s former 

England centre-half Kevin 

Beattie, then 29. 

Despite the defender 

being made captain, he only 

managed to play five games 

for the club before injuring 

his groin in a Tyne-Tees derby 

versus Newcastle United. 

FA Cup Third Round 

day came around with 

Boro pitted against non- 

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league opposition in Bishop 

Stortford at Ayresome Park. 

There was a change to the 

shirts as McLean’s logo 

was deemed to be hard to 

decipher for TV cameras. Out 

went the key, and in its place 

was the sponsors name in 

block capitals. 

Shown above are examples 

of both home and away shirts 

along with young starlet 

Stephen Bell picking up an 

award later in the season. 

EXAMPLES STILL SOUGHT! 

For collectors a 1982/83 

shirt is one of the hardest 

to source. In fact, the only 

one that has surfaced is 

a goalkeeper’s top that is 

shown here. 

One of the reasons for the 

scarcity of examples of that 

season’s kit is that replica 

kits were not sold – so any 

that may remain will be 

matchworn ones. Please 

write to the usual address 

if you have any spare in 

the loft... 

HATFIELD MAKES CHANGES 

The following season’s shirts 

are no easier to find, but at 

least replicas were on sale in 

the club shop, unsponsored 

though they were, for the 

princely sum of £7.99! 

The 1983/84 shirts we 

can see (right) are proudly 

modelled by Boro players 

Heine Otto and Mick Baxter. 

The design harked back 

to the mid-1960s with a 

predominantly red shirt with 

white epaulettes. For the 

first time the badge, instead 

of being on the front, was 

emblazoned on the sleeve. 

Taking over from Adidas, 

legendary local sports 

outfitter Jack Hatfield’s took 

on the mantle of producing 

the shirts. 

The away shirt, again in 

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lue was used only twice 

in 1983/84, for the games 

played at Barnsley and 

Charlton Athletic. 

The start of the season 

saw an unusual feature in 

that the home shirt had 

blue numbers on the back, 

while the away one had red. 

At times the numbers were 

hard to decipher, and the 

club switched to a more 

conventional white as the 

season progressed. 

JOY IN THE FA CUP 

The 1983/84 season saw the 

side start brightly, with David 

Currie grabbing four goals 

in two games versus Leeds 

United and Newcastle United 

as Boro won three of their 

first four matches. 

Mick Baxter and Irving 

Nattrass were constant in the 

centre of defence, with young 

defender Tony Mowbray 

being deployed at left-back 

and highly promising Darren 

Wood at right-back. 

League form did gradually 

decline, but there were 

high points in the FA Cup, 

when First Division giants 

Arsenal were seen off 3-2 at 

Ayresome Park with goals 

from Garry MacDonald, Paul 

Sugrue and Mick Baxter in 

front of a crowd of 17,813. 

An even bigger crowd – 

the season’s best of 20,175 

– saw Harry Redknapp bring 

his Bournemouth side to 

Teesside fresh from beating 

Manchester United in the 

previous round. Sugrue 

scored a goal either side 

of half-time to earn Boro 

a Fifth Round tie at First 

Division Notts County. 

Unfortunately, the cup run 

ended at Meadow Lane with 

a 1-0 defeat. 

Pictured (above) is a forlorn 

Tony Mowbray looking on as 

goalscorer John Chiedozie 

wheels away in celebration. 

What’s extraordinary about 

the picture is the massed 

ranks of the Boro away 

faithful in the background, 

with many taking a vantage 

point up the floodlights! 

JACK COMES BACK 

Off the field the club was 

far from financially stable 

and after disagreeing 

with a projected sale of 

Darren Wood to Chelsea for 

£100,000, manager Malcolm 

Allison was dismissed. 

As a favour to a friend, the 

chairman Mike McCullagh, 

Jack Charlton returned and 

attempted to steady the ship 

– assisted by Willie Maddren 

who had been brought 

in earlier in the season as 

physiotherapist. 

At the end of a tense 

season, relegation was 

avoided by a whisker and 

Charlton stepped aside to 

allow Maddren to manage 

in his own right. A new 

sponsor (Cameron’s Ales) and 

manufacturer Hummel were 

appointed for the following 

season and we’ll cover these 

kits in the next article. 

Many thanks to Neal Davies, Stuart 

Roberts, Kev Mansfield and the 

founders of www.boroshirtmuseum. 

co.uk, Jamie Fox and Mark Davies, 

for their help with this article. 

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Researcher and historian Dr TOSH WARWICK uncovers treasures from Middlesbrough 

Football Club’s past. This issue: Manchester, Middlesbrough and the magic of the FA Cup… 

On the evening of 20 December 1893 the 

draw for the FA Cup First Round Proper 

was made at a meeting of the Football 

Association, with the pick of the ties pitting 

cup-holders Wolverhampton Wanderers 

against league leaders Aston Villa. 

Locally, Boro’s town rivals Middlesbrough 

Ironopolis were handed home advantage 

against Luton Town, while Boro faced a 

long journey across the Pennines to visit 

Newton Heath, the club which was renamed 

Manchester United in 1902. Interestingly, on 

the same evening Boro – then still amateur 

– discovered their opponents for their FA 

Amateur Cup tie, Leadgate Exiles, the same 

side they had disposed of to set up the tie with 

Newton Heath. 

While this season’s Fourth Round tie 

with Manchester United has captured the 

imagination of Teessiders, with all visitors 

tickets quickly sold-out and plans for national 

and international broadcast, the 1893 draw 

pairing Middlesbrough with Newton Heath 

generated little interest beyond the two areas. 

However, the tie provided an opportunity 

for the then Linthorpe Road side to test 

themselves against new opponents, founded 

in 1878 as a football team of the Lancashire & 

Yorkshire Railway Company. Previews for the 

tie suggested a potential away success, with 

The Standard suggesting ‘it would not be 

surprising should “The Heathens” be relegated 

at the end of the season, so badly had they 

been performing in their league matches. 

As with this season, Catherine Budd’s Sport 

In Urban England: Middlesbrough notes 

how Boro were backed by such a significant 

following that the club considered it 

“necessary to reserve two saloons on the train 

across the Pennines and provide cheap hotel 

accommodation for travelling supporters” who 

made up part of the 5,000 in attendance for 

the clash at Clayton on 27 January 1894. 

The home side enjoyed most of the early 

pressure and had a few shots that went wide 

of the target. They soon had the ball in the net 

after good work from Donaldson and Farman 

allowed McNaught 

to beat Kitson in 

the Boro goal – 

but the effort was 

disallowed for 

offside. 

Alan Peacock 

Left: Newton Heath 

in 1893, and a match 

report from Boro’s 

cup visit that year. 

Above: Boro star 

Tom Bach. 

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Images courtesy of Harry Greenmon, The Northern Echo, Middlesbrough Libraries and Gary James. 

Eventually, the home side took the lead with 

Peden firing home after Kitson had saved from 

Donaldson. Before the break, Kitson denied 

Donaldson but Farman chested the ball 

home to double the home side’s advantage. 

Boro might have fell further behind had it not 

been for the heroics of their goalkeeper, with 

The Northern Echo noting how “Kitson was 

cheered for grand 

saves several times”. 

After the break, 

Boro fought to get 

back into the game 

and would have 

halved the deficit but 

for an effort hitting 

the bar. The contest 

was effectively ended 

when Donaldson fired 

home after a mazy 

run by Hood, with 

Donaldson adding his 

second and Newton’s 

Heath’s fourth of 

the game. The Echo 

suggested it might have been a 5-0 rout had it 

not been for the “big mistake” by the officials 

who had ruled out Farman’s first-half effort. 

Boro’s cup dream was therefore over and 

despite the heavy defeat, the post-match 

analysis of a “Manchester contemporary” in 

the North Eastern Daily Gazette praised the 

visitors as “a fair team, the defence being 

the strongest part”, although described the 

visiting forwards as “weak in shooting” and 

criticised Thomas Bach for “using his weight 

unmercifully”. 

Almost 40 years would pass until 

Middlesbrough met Manchester United in 

the FA Cup, with the Teessiders visiting Old 

DR TOSH WARWICK 

Dr Tosh Warwick is a Middlesbrough-born historian and heritage 

consultant at Heritage Unlocked. He established Heritage Unlocked 

in 2018 and has worked on heritage projects with a number of 

local and international organisations. He has appeared as expert 

contributor for BBC Television (Match Of The Day 2, Great British 

Railway Journeys), BBC Radio (Leeds, Sheffield, Teesside) and the 

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He has authored a number 

of books including Memories Of Middlesbrough In The 1970s And 

1980s and Memories Of Stockton In The 1970s And 1980s and is 

currently writing a biography of Boro and England goalscoring 

legend George Camsell. Visit www.heritageunlocked.com 

Above: A Boro line-up from 1932/33. 

Left: A postcard of Bobby Bruce at 

Ayresome Park, and a caricature 

of Joseph Spence, who scored 

Man United’s goal in the 4-1 home 

defeat to Middlesbrough. 

Trafford in 1933 looking to avenge 

the defeat to Newton Heath. The 

visitors did just that with a 4-1 win 

courtesy of goals from Harold Blackmore, 

Joey Williams and Scottish international 

Bobby Bruce, who scored two. Joe Spence 

got the home side’s goal. 

The victory would be Boro’s last over the Red 

Devils in the FA Cup until a 2-1 replay win at 

a snow-covered Ayresome Park in 1971, when 

Hugh McIlmoyle and Derek Downing goals 

ensured George Best’s late strike for the visitors 

was only a consolation. 

Teesside fans had to wait another three 

decades for Middlesbrough’s only other FA 

Cup success against Manchester United, 

as late goals from Noel Whelan and Andy 

Campbell helped Boro to a 2-0 Riverside win 

and a place in the Fifth Round on the way 

to semi-final heartbreak against Arsenal… 

at Old Trafford! 

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On This Day 

BY KEN DALY 

5 

YEARS AGO 

2017 

Boro reach the FA 

Cup Fifth Round 

thanks to Stewart Downing’s 

spectacular 25-yarder against 

Accrington Stanley. (below) 

20 

Boro shock 

2002 Man United 

in the FA Cup with late 

goals from Noel Whelan 

(below) and Andy 

Campbell. But the win is completely 

overshadowed by the death of Colin 

Cooper’s son Finlay that same evening. 

YEARS AGO 

35 

With Boro at 

1987 last allowed to 

sign players 

after debt 

troubles, 

Paul Kerr (right) makes a 

winning debut at Bury. Boro 

stay top of Division Three with 

two goals by Bernie Slaven 

and a Brian Laws penalty. 

YEARS AGO 

10 

2012 Barry 

Robson 

(left) wows the 

live BBC TV 

audience with a 

superb low volley in the FA Cup at 

Sunderland, but Fraizer Campbell 

equalises before Connor Ripley 

gets his first taste of the cup 

when Danny Coyne has to go off. 

15 

Boro are 

20072-0 up at 

Bristol City in the FA 

Cup after 23 minutes 

through Yakubu and 

Malcolm Christie (right), with his 

last goal for the club, but City score 

twice in six second-half minutes to 

force a replay. 

25 

1997 

Non-league 

Hednesford 

Town 

vindicate their decision to 

switch their FA Cup tie to the 

Riverside (left) by taking the lead after 14 minutes. 

It takes an own-goal to level things before Fabrizio 

Ravanelli and Jan-Age Fjortoft see Boro through in 

the last four minutes. Even then, Hednesford score 

a second in injury-time. 

YEARS AGO 

YEARS AGO 

60 

1962 

Bill Harris 

(right) 

scores 

the fastest-ever goal at 

Ayresome Park after just 

11 seconds as Boro beat 

Shrewsbury Town 5-1 in an 

FA Cup Fourth Round replay. 

YEARS AGO 

YEARS AGO 

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THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS 

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CLUB PARTNERS 

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This will be the 50th 

meeting between the 

clubs. We have won 17 to 

Coventry’s 17 with 15 ending 

in draws... 

Us v Them 

the match ball as Coventry’s 

David Speedie got one, too 

– all headers from left-wing 

crosses by David Smith. 

LAST TIME HERE 

We left it late to secure a 

2-0 win with goals from Britt 

Assombalonga and Djed 

Spence coming in the final 

nine minutes (above). 

HISTORY 

MADE 

Coventry City 

were our first 

ever Premier 

League 

opponents, 

back in August 

1992. Paul 

Wilkinson (left) 

scored in a 2-1 

away defeat. 

RIVERSIDE FIRST 

Coventry were 

also the first Premier 

League team to score 

at the Riverside, 

when Marques Isaias 

(right) simultaneously 

beame the first Brazilian to 

score here in September 1995. 

He wasn’t to be the last... 

BERNIE’S TREBLE 

The only top division 

hat-trick scored by Bernie 

Slaven (below) came at 

Coventry in 1988 as we won 

4-3. But he had to fight for 

NOD TO NOBBS 

In April 1981, 19-year-old 

right-back Keith Nobbs 

(above) made his debut. We 

lost 1-0 after nine successive 

home wins and he never 

got another game – at least 

for Boro. He did, though, go 

on to play 326 games for 

Hartlepool and in 1992 was 

voted their Player of the Year, 

a distinction also won by 

Neil Warnock. 

DID YOU KNOW? 

Coventry’s last two goals 

at the Riverside were scored 

by Lukas Jutkiewicz (above) 

in April and August 2011. We 

signed him shortly after. 

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COVENTRY CITY 

WHO ARE YA? 

Coventry City formed as 

Singers FC in 1883 following 

a general meeting of the 

Singer Factory Gentleman’s 

Club. Adopting their current 

name in 1898, the Sky Blues 

have been members of the 

Football League since 1919. 

THE HISTORY BIT 

Legendary City manager 

Jimmy Hill, who would go on 

to enjoy a successful career as 

a TV presenter, took the club 

from the third tier to the First 

Division in the late 1960s, and 

Jordan 

Shipley 

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his successor Noel Cantwell 

led Coventry to their highest, 

sixth-place, finish in the top 

flight in 1970. In 1987, the Sky 

Blues won their first – and 

so far only – major trophy, 

beating Tottenham Hotspur 

at Wembley to win the FA 

Cup. Financial troubles over 

the last decade saw Coventry 

groundsharing with the likes 

of Northampton Town and 

Birmingham City, and briefly 

fall as low as the fourth tier – 

but now, back home at the 

Coventry Building Society 

Arena, are a club apparently 

in the ascendancy. 

AT THE HELM 

Now in his second spell in 

charge of Coventry, Mark 

Robins won the EFL Trophy 

with the Sky Blues in 2017 

and has since gone on to 

earn promotions from League 

Two and League One. A 

popular figure with City fans, 

Robins guided the club to a 

respectable 16th-place finish 

last season, their first at this 

level for nine years. 

Mark 

Robins 

Liam 

Kelly 

HOW’S IT GOING? 

While Coventry have 

struggled to maintain their 

early-season form – they 

were as high as third in 

mid-October – the Sky Blues 

are still right in the Play-Off 

mix, currently four points off 

with three games in hand on 

some of the top six. Robins’ 

side suffered a late defeat at 

home to QPR last weekend 

but bounced back to beat 

Stoke City in one of their 

catch-up games in midweek. 

WHO’S WHO? 

Boro fans will remember 

goalkeeper Simon 

Moore from an excellent 

performance in the 2-0 

reverse fixture back in 

September. Dominic Hyam,

Viktor Gyokeres 

Swedish forward 

Viktor Gyokeres, who 

made a permanent 

move to Coventry in 

the summer after 

impressing on loan 

from Swansea City last 

term. Tall and athletic, 

he has been capped four 

times by his country. 

Gyokeres made an explosive 

start to this season with 

nine goals in his first 11 

matches, including one 

against Boro. He hadn’t 

scored since – until Tuesday 

night, when he grabbed 

what could be an important 

winner over Stoke. 

MAN TO WATCH 

Callum 

O’Hare 

Kyle McFazdean and Chelsea 

loanee Jake Clarke-Salter 

marshal the centre of 

defence, with two of Jordan 

Shipley, Fankaty Dabo, Todd 

Kane and new arrival Jake 

Bidwell operating on the 

flanks. Ben Sheaf, captain 

Liam Kelly and Gustavo 

Hamer are the midfield 

generals, while Callum O’Hare 

and Jamie Allen offer plenty 

of invention and trickery 

behind Martyn Waghorn or 

top scorer Viktor Gyokeres 

(see above). 

IT’S A FACT 

In 2009, and to mark the 

125th year of the club, 

Coventry wore a special 

chocolate brown shirt in the 

last home game of season, 

having first worn the colours 

in an away kit in 1978. A real 

“Marmite” offering, some cite 

the kit among 

the worst in 

football history 

while for others 

it holds iconic 

status. 

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Match Tickets 

HOME GAMES 

DERBY COUNTY 

Saturday 12 February (3pm) 

Tickets on general sale. 

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 

Tuesday 22 February (7.45pm) 

Tickets on sale from 

Monday 31 January. 

AWAY GAMES 

MANCHESTER UNITED 

Friday 4 February (8pm) 

Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round 

Allocation: 9,443 SOLD OUT 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 

Wednesday 9 February (7.45pm) 

Allocation: 1,600 

On-sale dates: To supporters 

with 140-plus Priority Points: 

10am, Thursday 27 January. 

70-plus Priority Points: 3pm, 

Thursday 27 January. 33-plus 

Priority Points: 10am, Friday 

28 January. General sale: 4pm, 

Friday 28 January. 

Prices (School End Upper 

Tier Gold): Adult £33, over-61 

£23, under-23 £23, under-18 

£16, Ambulant & PA £23. 


Tier Gold – Restricted 

View): Adult £31, over-61 £22, 

under-23 £22, under-18 £15, 

Ambulant & PA £22. 


Tier Silver): Adult £28, over-61 

£19, under-23 £19, under-18 

£13, Ambulant & PA £19. 

General Prices 2021/22 

Stand Adults Over-65s Under-18s 

West Upper £35 £27 £20 

East Upper £33 £25 £18 

West Lower / East Lower £31 £23 £17 

North Stand / South Stand £30 £22 £17 

North West / South West Corners £30 £22 £17 

GRFZ* £27 £18 £13 

*No single sales. Maximum ratio 1:4 (Adults/Over-65s:Under-18s) 

One ticket will be sold per ticketing account, with Priority Points 

distributed equally to each ticket holder (3 points for home league 

matches). Supporters can purchase on behalf of others by adding 

them to the ‘Friends and Family’ section of your online account. 

Please note there is a £1 booking fee per ticket on all online and 

telephone purchases. 


Tier Silver – Restricted 

View): Adult £26, over-61 £18, 

under-23 £18, under-18 £12, 

Ambulant & PA £18. 

Wheelchair and PA (10 

bays): £19. 

Travel Club: Adult £38, 

Under-18 £33. Departs Riverside 

Stadium, 12.45pm. Please 

note all Under-16s MUST be 

accompanied by an adult. 

Should your tickets not arrive, 

please contact us one working 

day before the match (please 

allow for Bank Holidays). 

By purchasing away tickets 

you are agreeing to our 

Safeguarding Policy, Ground 

Regulations and Ticketing 

Terms & Conditions. 

Please note: All away tickets 

and travel passes will be 

posted First Class via Royal 

Mail. All tickets for Away 

Travel are non-refundable 

and non-transferable. 

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SUPPORTED BY 

SUPPORTED BY 

‘THE BIG BORO GOLF DAY WALK’ A SWINGING RAISING SUCCESS 

FUNDS FOR DEMENTIA HUB 

Boro are set to take almost 

9,500 fans to Old Trafford on 

Friday – and one Riverside 

regular is hoping to match 

the travelling army pound 

for pound. 

Claire Streeter, along with 

two of her friends, Alice 

Hutchinson and Abbey Lyle, 

are planning on walking the 

106 miles from the Riverside 

to Old Trafford to raise money 

for MFC Foundation to create 

a Dementia Hub at the 

Riverside Stadium. 

Claire worked with the 

Foundation for six years 

before joining the EFL Trust 

and is hoping her walking 

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GOLF DAY A SWINGING SUCCESS 

MFC FOUNDATION RAISED A 

MFC FOUNDATION WHOPPING £9,000 RAISED AT A OUR 

WHOPPING CHARITY £9,000 GOLF AT DAY OUR LAST WEEK 

CHARITY AT GOLF ROCKLIFFE DAY LAST HALL WEEK GOLF CLUB. 

AT ROCKLIFFE HALL GOLF CLUB. 

Sponsored by The Prestige Group, 

the annual fundraiser included 

Sponsored 18 teams by The made Prestige up of Foundation Group, 

the annual partners, fundraiser trustees, included and former 

18 teams Middlesbrough made up of Foundation 

FC stars, including 

partners, Dean trustees, Windass, and Steve former Vickers and Guy Stoker and friends took third, 

Ross Turnbull. 

Shutter Media clinched second, 

Middlesbrough FC stars, including 

while a team from Arc Wealth 

Dean Windass, Steve Vickers and Guy Stoker and friends took third, 

After a shotgun start, the teams capped off a wonderful golfing 



made their way around the worldclass 

18-hole course, thrills and spills 

display by taking first prize. 

while a team from Arc Wealth 

After a shotgun start, the teams capped off a wonderful golfing 

all the way as the teams battled it Meanwhile, Ben Benoliel from Team 


18-hole enjoyable course, afternoon thrills had and by spills all. MFC champagne after hitting the 


out for a top three finish, with an INVESTicity won a signed bottle of 

all the way as the teams battled it Meanwhile, longest drive Ben of Benoliel the day. from Team 

out for With a top the three clubs finish, put away with and the INVESTicity won a signed bottle of 

enjoyable golf afternoon buggies parked, had by our all. guests MFC Prior champagne to tee-off, after mulligan hitting cards the were 

made their way inside the clubhouse longest 

sold to 

drive 

help 

of 

boost 

the day. 

donations, while 

for a two-course meal, before the in the evening an envelope draw 

With the clubs put away and the 

prizes were officially handed out to took place, with prizes including an 

golf buggies parked, our guests Prior to tee-off, mulligan cards were 

the winners. 

Xbox One, and iPad, and a four-ball 

made their way inside the clubhouse sold to help boost donations, while 

for a two-course meal, before the in the evening an envelope draw 

prizes were officially handed out to took place, with prizes including an 

the winners. 

Xbox One, and iPad, and a four-ball 

challenge will raise vital 

funds for the Foundation’s 

work with people living with 

dementia across the Teesside 

region. 

“There’ll be close on 9,500 

Boro fans at Old Trafford, 

wouldn’t it be great if the 

walk can raise the same 

amount in money? If every 

one of those travelling 

pledged £1 the difference 

it would make to the 

package for a game at Rockliffe Hall. 

“I’m absolutely delighted with how 

package for a game at Rockliffe Hall. 

successful the day was,” said Diane 

O’Connell, MFC Foundation’s Events 

& 

“I’m 

Fundraising 

absolutely 

Coordinator. 

delighted with how 

successful the day was,” said Diane 

“The O’Connell, generosity MFC of Foundation’s our guests to Events 

take & Fundraising the time out Coordinator. 

of their busy 

schedules to help make our event 

the “The best generosity can be was of our wonderful. guests to 

take the time out of their busy 

“Many 

schedules 

of our 

to 

guests 

help make 

travelled 

our 

across 

event 

the country to attend the event, and 

the best it can be was wonderful. 

we once again would like to extend 

our gratitude for their kindness.” 

“Many of our guests travelled across 

the country to attend the event, and 

we once again would like to extend 

our gratitude for their kindness.” 

Foundation’s work with 

people living with dementia 

would be astonishing.” 

Claire and the team will set 

off on the walk after today’s 

game ends, and are arriving 

in Manchester ahead of the 

cup tie. 

The Foundation’s aim is to 

create a Dementia Hub at the 

heart of the community (the 

Riverside), providing multistimulation 

appropriate for 

people living with dementia, 

in particular those in mid and 

late stages. 

It will also help to protect 

the monthly dementia 

tea dances in the Legends 

Lounge which have proved so 

popular since their inception 

last year. 

To donate please go online 

at mfcfoundation.co.uk/ 

news/the-big-boro-walk/ and 

follow the links. 

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DISABILITY TALENT HUBS START NEXT MONTH 

MFC Foundation are an FA Disability football 

talent hub. 

Working alongside the North Riding FA we 

have talent hub sessions starting in February 

that could lead to an 8-16-year-old from 

Teesside progressing to play for England. 

In addition, Borobility sessions take place 

at the Acorn Centre in Middlesbrough every 

Tuesday afternoon. 

For more information please email steven. 

portues@mfcfoundation.co.uk 

DESIGN A FLAG FOR 

THE LIONESSES 

Here’s a chance to get your artistic skills 

known around the world... 

MFC Foundation are offering all 

schoolchildren, primary and secondary, a 

chance to design a flag for the England 

Lionesses v Canada game at the Riverside on 

Thursday 17 February. 

The winning school will receive tickets for 

the game and have their flag shown at the 

match! 

Send your entries to steven.bell@ 

mfcfoundation.co.uk by 5pm Thursday 3 

February. That's also the address should you 

have any questions. 

Start with a blank sheet, be creative and 

show everyone what you can do... 

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SUPPORTED BY 

SUPPORTED BY 

STUDYING THE GOLF GOLF DAY MFC FOUNDATION RAISED BENEFITS 

A SWINGING SUCCESS 

A 

MFC FOUNDATION WHOPPING £9,000 RAISED AT A OUR 

WHOPPING CHARITY £9,000 GOLF AT DAY OUR LAST WEEK 

OF ‘MOVE AND CHARITY AT GOLF ROCKLIFFE DAY LAST HALL WEEK GOLF LEARN’ 

CLUB. 

AT ROCKLIFFE Sponsored HALL by The GOLF Prestige CLUB. Group, 

the annual fundraiser included 

Sponsored 18 teams by The made Prestige up of Foundation Group, 

the annual partners, fundraiser trustees, included and former 

18 teams Middlesbrough made up of Foundation 

FC stars, including 

partners, Dean trustees, Windass, and Steve former Vickers and Guy Stoker and friends took third, package for a game at Rockliffe Hall. 



Middlesbrough FC stars, including 

while a team from Arc Wealth “I’m absolutely delighted with how 

Dean Windass, Steve Vickers and Guy Stoker and friends took third, package for a game at Rockliffe Hall. 

After a shotgun start, the teams capped off a wonderful golfing successful the day was,” said Diane 




18-hole course, thrills and spills 

& Fundraising Coordinator. 



while a team from Arc Wealth “I’m absolutely delighted with how 

After a shotgun start, the teams capped off a wonderful golfing successful the day was,” said Diane 

all the way as the teams battled it Meanwhile, Ben Benoliel from Team 


18-hole enjoyable course, afternoon thrills had and by spills all. MFC champagne after hitting the take & Fundraising the time out Coordinator. 

of their busy 



out for a top three finish, with an INVESTicity won a signed bottle of “The generosity of our guests to 

all the way as the teams battled it Meanwhile, longest drive Ben of Benoliel the day. from Team schedules to help make our event 

out for With a top the three clubs finish, put away with and the INVESTicity won a signed bottle of the “The best generosity can be was of our wonderful. guests to 

enjoyable golf afternoon buggies parked, had by our all. guests MFC Prior champagne to tee-off, after mulligan hitting cards the were take the time out of their busy 

made their way inside the clubhouse longest 

sold to 

drive 

help 

of 

boost 

the day. 

donations, while “Many 

schedules 

of our 

to 

guests 

help make 

travelled 

our 

across 

event 

for a two-course meal, before the in the evening an envelope draw the country to attend the event, and 

With the clubs put away and the 

the best it can be was wonderful. 

prizes were officially handed out to took place, with prizes including an we once again would like to extend 

golf buggies parked, our guests Prior to tee-off, mulligan cards were 

the winners. 

Xbox One, and iPad, and a four-ball our gratitude for their kindness.” 

made their way inside the clubhouse sold to help boost donations, while “Many of our guests travelled across 

for a two-course meal, before the in the evening an envelope draw the country to attend the event, and 

prizes were officially handed out to took place, with prizes including an we once again would like to extend 

the winners. 

Xbox One, and iPad, and a four-ball our gratitude for their kindness.” 

All through the year in 

schools across Teesside MFC 

Foundation staff deliver a fun 

programme called Move and 

Learn, part of the Kinder Joy 

of Moving programme. 

Primary school children are 

inspired to move though play 

in a fun approach which is 

proven to help with learning. 

There are five main themes: 

Cognitive Functions, Creativity, 

Life Skills, Motor Coordination and Physical Fitness. 

The pupils are not the only ones who have to learn. 

Foundation delivery staff under the tutelage of Mark Dick from 

the EFL Trust, took part in a very informative session at the 

Herlingshaw Centre where they increased their knowledge 

on the subject. 

The schoolchildren pictured here are from Abingdon 

Primary in Middlesbrough. 





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JOIN OUR ‘CLIMB ANY MOUNTAIN 

FEBEREST’ CHALLENGE 

Here’s the plan. You climb a mountain and while 

doing so raise money for MFC Foundation. 

Fear not, we’re not asking you to actually climb 

a mountain, just the equivalent and the task is 

spread over the whole month and in the comfort 

of your own home, workplace or place of learning. 

Anywhere that has a staircase really. 

Whether you’re an individual who fancies 

a challenge, a local business who wants to 

encourage their employees to work together to 

reach their goals, or a family reaching new peaks, 

your efforts will help us to continue to work in 

your communities. 

The average height of a staircase in a UK home 

is 7.87ft, so using this figure we’ve worked out 

how many times you would have to climb your 

stairs to scale the heights for a clutch of different 

mountains throughout February. 

If your stairs are different, you can 

just divide the total footage of the 

mountain by the height of your stairs 

(in feet) and that will tell you how many 

times you will need to climb your stairs. 

The walk back down doesn’t count 

towards your total – that’s your descent 

of the mountain! 

The MFC Foundation Climb Any 

Mountain Feberest Challenge will also help keep you fit 

and healthy – an important part of your physical and 

mental wellbeing. 

MFC Foundation business development manager Paul 

Shepherd outlines why we’re setting down this challenge. 

“Helping our communities to maintain and improve both 

their physical and mental wellbeing is very important. This 

challenge will not only help do that but at the same time 

raise monies to enable MFC Foundation to continue our 

work within our communities, often with some of the most 

vulnerable people in society.” 

SOME MOUNTAIN OPTIONS... 

Everest – 29,079ft = 3,695 stair ascents = 131 ascents per day 

Kilimanjaro – 19,340ft = 2,457 stair ascents = 88 ascents per day 

Mount Etna – 10,922ft = 1,388 stair ascents = 50 ascents per day 

Ben Nevis – 4,413ft = 561 stair ascents = 20 ascents per day 

Roseberry Topping – 1,050ft = 133 stair ascents = 5 ascents 

per day 

HOW TO SIGN UP 

Anyone wanting to take the 

MFC Foundation Climb Any 

Mountain Feberest Challenge 

should initially register their 

interest by emailing alan. 

geddes@mfcfoundation. 

co.uk stating which mountain 

you want to climb. 

The Foundation will support 

you every step of the way and 

will set up a dedicated and 

personalised fundraising page 

on your behalf allowing family 

and friends to sponsor and 

support you. 

Everyone who takes part 

will receive a certificate to 

acknowledge their efforts 

and will be entered into a 

draw to win a Boro-related 

“Goodie Bag”. 

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Academy 

Welcome back, Catts! 

Lee Cattermole has been 

appointed as the club’s new 

Under-18s lead coach. 

The 33-year-old returns to 

the club where it all started, 

and is back in the Academy 

working with young players 

who will be aiming to follow 

in his footsteps in the game. 

Stockton-born Lee learnt 

his trade with the club’s 

Academy and made his firstteam 

debut in January 2006, 

already an England youth 

international. 

He joined Wigan Athletic 

in 2008 then moved to 

Sunderland the following 

year where he made almost 

300 appearances for the 

club during the course of 

the decade. 

Lee retired from playing 

after a spell with Dutch club 

VVV-Venlo in 2020. 

Academy manager Craig 

Liddle said: “We’re delighted 

to welcome Lee back to 

the club. He brings strong 

leadership qualities, high 

standards and he has a wealth 

of experience in the game. 

“He is a great example to 

the young players we have 

here now. He followed the 

same development path as 

them, understands what they 

are going through, and knows 

what it takes to have a good 

career at the highest level.” 

Lee takes over from Mark 

Tinkler, who moved up to 

the Under-23s to take over as 

lead coach when Graeme Lee 

joined Hartlepool United as 

their new manager. 

Kav treble seals Tees-Wear success 

Calum Kavanagh bagged his first Under- 

23s hat-trick to fire Boro to a deserved win 

against Sunderland. 

Kavanagh struck twice from the penalty 

spot and scored a delightful glancing header 

as Mark Tinkler’s side beat the Black Cats 3-2 

at Rockliffe. 

The Boro side included Sol Brynn, back 

from Queen of the South, Caolan Boyd- 

Munce, who scored on his debut at Mansfield, 

and Josh Coburn and Martin Payero, fresh 

from the first-team bench against Reading. 

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Calum Kavanagh 

Nathan Wood was also in the starting lineup, 

but what started as a promising afternoon 

for him lasted just 39 minutes before he was 

dismissed for a second yellow card, for a foul. 

By the time Benjamin Kimpioka converted the 

resultant free-kick, Boro were 2-0 up. 

The first came on 20 minutes when Joe 

Gibson was hacked to the ground and 

Kavanagh stepped up to convert the penalty. 

The second came 10 minutes later when debut 

man Bryant Bilongo, signed from Kingstonian, 

delivered a neat cross and Kavanagh showed 

real quality in heading home. 

Boro had looked comfortable up to Wood’s 

dismissal, and the visitors got themselves back 

on level terms early in the second half when 

Cameron Jessup headed home. 

Tinkler’s side continued to enjoy the better 

of proceedings, though, and the points 

were sealed in added time when another 

marauding run from Gibson drew a foul inside 

the box, and Kavanagh stepped up to convert 

his seventh goal in three games.

PREMIER LEAGUE 2 – DIVISION 2 

UNDER-23s SEASON 2021/22 

Mon 16 Aug Wolverhampton W A L 1-2 Fletcher 

Fri 20 Aug Aston Villa H L 1-2 Fletcher 

Sun 29 Aug Southampton H W 2-1 Sivi, Coburn pen 

Mon 6 Sep QPR (PL Cup) H W 1-0 Olusanya 

Mon 13 Sep Stoke City H W 2-0 og, Coburn 

Mon 20 Sep Sunderland A W 3-1 Green, Coburn 2 

Fri 24 Sep Nottingham Forest H L 0-1 – 

Fri 1 Oct Newcastle United A L 1-4 Fletcher 

Fri 8 Oct Blackburn Rovers (PL Cup) A L 2-3 Gibson, Fletcher 

Sun 17 Oct West Bromwich Albion H L 1-2 Kavanagh pen 

Fri 22 Oct Burnley A L 0-2 – 

Mon 1 Nov Fulham A L 0-2 – 

Sun 7 Nov Birmingham City H L 0-3 – 

Fri 12 Nov Nott’m Forest (PL Cup) H W 2-1 Lindo, Finch 

Sun 21 Nov Norwich City H W 3-2 Olusanya, Gibson 2 

Mon 29 Nov Reading A L 1-2 Gibson 

Mon 6 Dec West Bromwich Albion A L 2-3 Olusanya, Stott 

Sun 19 Dec Burnley H L 0-3 Bishop Auckland FC 

Sun 2 Jan Blackburn Rovers (PL Cup) H L 2-4 Malley, Green 

Wed 5 Jan QPR (PL Cup) A W 5-0 Kavanagh 2, Fletcher 2, Willis 

Mon 10 Jan Aston Villa A W 2-1 Kavanagh 2 (1 pen) 

Sun 16 Jan Sunderland H W 3-2 Kavanagh 3 (2 pens) 

Sun 23 Jan Southampton A L 0-1 – 

Fri 4 Feb Norwich City A 3pm Lotus Training Centre 

Fri 11 Feb Nott’m Forest (PL Cup) A 7pm Alfreton Town FC 

Fri 18 Feb Wolverhampton W H 7pm Bishop Auckland FC 

Mon 28 Feb Birmingham City A 7pm St Andrew’s Stadium 

Mon 14 Mar Stoke City A 7pm Bet 365 Stadium 

Fri 18 Mar Fulham H 7pm Bishop Auckland FC 

Sun 3 Apr Newcastle United H 1pm Riverside Stadium 

Fri 22 Apr Nottingham Forest A 7pm City Ground 

Sun 1 May Reading H 1pm Riverside Stadium 

Sat 14 May PL2 - Div2 Play-Off SF 

Sat 21 May PL2 - Div2 Play-Off Final 

PREMIER LEAGUE NORTH 

UNDER-18s SEASON 2021/22 

Sat 14 Aug Derby County H L 0-3 

Sat 21 Aug Burnley A D 2-2 

Sat 28 Aug Everton H W 4-1 

Sat 18 Sep Sunderland (PL Cup) H D 1-1 

Sat 25 Sep Manchester City A L 0-2 

Sat 2 Oct Blackburn Rovers H W 2-1 

Thu 7 Oct Manchester United A D 3-3 

Sat 16 Oct Brighton & Hove A (PL Cup) A W 2-0 

Sat 30 Oct Stoke City H D 1-1 

Sat 6 Nov Liverpool A W 4-3 

Sat 27 Nov Norwich City (PL Cup) H L 1-2 

Sat 4 Dec Sunderland A W 4-3 

Sat 18 Dec Leeds United H D 2-2 

Sat 22 Jan Liverpool H L 2-6 

Thu 27 Jan Wolves A 1pm 

Sat 29 Jan Newcastle United A 11am 

Sat 5 Feb Stoke City A 1pm 

Sat 19 Feb Newcastle United H 11am 

Sat 26 Feb Nottingham Forest H 12.30pm 

Sat 5 Mar Derby County A 12.30pm 

Sat 12 Mar Burnley H 1pm 

Sat 19 Mar Everton A 12.30pm 

Sat 26 Mar Nottingham Forest A 12pm 

Sat 2 Apr Manchester United H 12.30pm 

Sat 9 Apr Manchester City H 1pm 

Sat 16 Apr Wolves H 11am 

Sat 23 Apr Blackburn Rovers A 12pm 

Sat 30 Apr Sunderland H 11am 

Wed 4 May PL Cup Final 

Sat 7 May Leeds United A 12pm 

Sat 21 May U18 PL National Final 

All fixture dates and kick-off times subject to change. 

GETTING TO KNOW… 

…ALFIE DOHERTY 

Age: 17. Position: Centre-midfield. 

Where are you from? Guisborough. 

Which junior team did you play for? Redcar, Guisborough. 

Which team do you support? Boro. 

What age did you join Boro? Eight. 

How did you join the club? Ron Bone scouted me 

What’s the best thing about being in the Academy? Playing every 

day as a job. Who has been the biggest influence on your career 

so far? Graham Kavanagh. 

Who is your footballing hero? Steven Gerrard. 

What do you like to do in your spare time? Go out. 

What’s been the highlight of your career so far? The U17 

Premier League Cup final last year. 

What are your hopes for the future? To make it as a pro. 

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PLAYER SPONSORS 2021/22 

1 JOE LUMLEY 

2 ANFERNEE DIJKSTEEL 

FMTTM 

Fmttmboro is a very active message 

board community forged from 

the long running Boro fanzine 

Fly Me To The Moon. 

LIFE OF VINYL 

More than just a record store. 

4 GRANT HALL 

6 DAEL FRY 

ZONEME AUDIO 

Moving sound into next generation 

immersive technologies, so audiences 

can enjoy a ‘future now’ never-beforeheard 

experience. 

TEESSIDE ENGINEERING & PLANT SERVICES 

Founded in 2020 to be the go-to 

specialist company in the hire, sale and 

servicing of lifting and material handling 

equipment. 

7 MARCUS TAVERNIER 

9 UCHE IKPEAZU 

CIS LTD 

Suspended ceiling and dry lining 

company supplying local hands-on 

service on a national level. 

MANDALE GROUP 

As one of the North East’s leading 

business space providers, Mandale 

Group can help your company take 

the next step. 

10 MARTIN PAYERO 

PROUDLY SPONSORED 

BY ASHLEY MARSH 

12 MARCUS BROWNE 

11 ANDRAZ SPORAR 

MARSKE 

FABRICATIONS 

Design, manufacture and installation 

of bespoke steel products. A familyrun 

business geared to quality and a 

personal service. 

13 TOYOSI OLUSANYA 

YOUR LOGO HERE! 

Business description in this space. 

MARKET CROSS JEWELLERS 

The North East’s watch 

and jewellery specialist. 

14 LEE PELTIER 

WOODS BROS CLEANING 

CONTRACTORS LTD 

The experts in commercial and 

contract cleaning services. 

www.woodsbros.co.uk 

16 JONNY HOWSON 

REDCAR EDUCATION 

AND DEVELOPMENT 

Leading day care provider 

for adults with learning 

disabilities in Redcar & 

Cleveland, providing a home 

pick up/drop off service as well 

as daily trips out.

Player Sponsorship packages are now available. Call 

01642 757683 or email liam.brown@mfc.co.uk 

17 PADDY McNAIR 

FLEET RIVER MUSIC 

Music management company 

for artists and producers. 

18 DUNCAN WATMORE 

ROOM 119 - THE WHITBY 

TRADER 

...is a novel by local author 

TF Lince. Funicular, his 

second novel, is also 

available. MFC get a 

mention in both. 

21 SAMMY AMEOBI 

22 SOL BAMBA 



REDCAR ATHLETIC FC 

Playing their football in the Northern 

League Division One. Redcar’s 

number 1. www.redcarathletic.co.uk 

23 JAMES LEA SILIKI 

MSH WASTE 

SOLUTIONS LTD 

Haulage and industrial 

services. For more info 

call 01642 262703 

or 07956 974960. 

24 CONNOR MALLEY 



25 MATT CROOKS 

SWM CONSULTANCY 

LTD 

Experienced management 

consultancy within the 

waste and recycling 

industry. 

27 MARC BOLA 

JOHN MORFIELD 

Technical filtration specialists and the 

largest independent supplier of filters in 

the UK and Ireland. 

28 LUKE DANIELS 

35 ISAIAH JONES 



JOHN MORFIELD 

Technical filtration specialists and the 

largest independent supplier of filters in 

the UK and Ireland. 

37 JOSH COBURN 

48 RILEY McGREE 



RIGHT PRICE CARPETS 

A friendly, family-run business supplying 

and fitting flooring across Teesside for 

over 30 years.

Fixtures 2021/22 

ATT / KO Away Fans F-A STARTING LINE-UP 

Sun 8 Aug Fulham (Sky) A 16,058 1,600 1-1 Lumley Dijksteel Hall Fry Bola 1 n 

Wed 11 Aug Blackpool (CC1) A 5,836 2,000 0-3 Lumley Peltier Wood Bamba Robinson 

Sat 14 Aug Bristol City H 22,004 450 2-1 Lumley Dijksteel Hall Fry Bola 

Wed 18 Aug Queens Park Rangers H 22,436 420 2-3 Lumley Dijksteel Hall Fry Bola 

Sat 21 Aug Derby County A 16,123 2,164 0-0 Lumley Peltier n McNAIR Fry Bola n 

Sat 28 Aug Blackburn Rovers H 20,542 818 1-1 Lumley Dijksteel Hall Fry Morsy n 

Sat 11 Sep Coventry City A 18,515 2,649 0-2 Lumley Dijksteel Hall n Fry HOWSON n 

Wed 15 Sep Nottingham Forest A 23,830 1,500 2-0 Lumley Dijksteel Hall Fry Peltier n 

Sat 18 Sep Blackpool H 21,022 1,131 1-2 Lumley Dijksteel Hall Fry n Peltier 

Sat 25 Sep Reading A 12,469 1,400 0-1 Lumley Peltier n McNair n Fry Bola 

Tue 28 Sep Sheffield United (Sky) H 19,390 1,591 2-0 Lumley Peltier n Bamba n Fry Tavernier 

Sat 2 Oct Hull City A 13,699 3,500 0-2 Lumley Peltier n Bamba Fry Tavernier n 

Sat 16 Oct Peterborough United H 19,556 610 2-0 Lumley HOWSON Bamba McNair 1 P Tavernier 

Wed 20 Oct Barnsley H 17,931 449 2-0 Lumley McNair Bamba Peltier n Tavernier 

Sat 23 Oct Cardiff City (Sky) A 17,513 750 2-0 Lumley McNair Bamba Peltier Tavernier 

Sat 30 Oct Birmingham City H 21,582 1,500 0-2 Lumley McNair Bamba Peltier Tavernier 

Tue 2 Nov Luton Town (Sky) A 9,790 967 1-3 Daniels Dijksteel Bamba McNair Jones 

Sat 6 Nov West Bromwich Albion A 22,596 1,780 1-1 Daniels HOWSON n Hall Bamba Jones n 

Sat 20 Nov Millwall H 20,845 489 1-1 Daniels McNair Bamba Peltier Jones 

Tue 23 Nov Preston North End H 18,013 408 1-2 Daniels McNair 1 Bamba Peltier Jones 

Sat 27 Nov Huddersfield Town A 19,192 2,332 2-1 Daniels Dijksteel Bamba McNair n Jones 

Sat 4 Dec Swansea City H 18,707 399 1-0 Daniels Dijksteel Bamba McNair n Jones 1 

Sat 11 Dec Stoke City A 21,140 1,686 0-0 Lumley Dijksteel n Fry McNair Jones 

Sat 18 Dec AFC Bournemouth (Sky) H 18,323 531 1-0 Lumley Dijksteel Fry McNair n Jones n 

Sun 26 Dec Nottingham Forest H 29,832 2,141 *2-0 Lumley Dijksteel Fry McNair Jones 

Wed 29 Dec Blackpool A 13,428 3,100 2-1 Lumley Bamba Dijksteel Fry n Jones 

Sat 8 Jan Mansfield Town (FAC3) A 7,297 1,700 *3-2 Lumley Peltier Wood Bamba n Gibson 

Sat 15 Jan Reading (Sky) H 21,634 256 2-1 Lumley Dijksteel Fry McNair Jones 

Mon 24 Jan Blackburn Rovers (Sky) A 14,670 2,977 0-1 Lumley Dijksteel Fry McNair n Jones n 

Sat 29 Jan Coventry City H 3pm 

Fri 4 Feb Manchester Utd (FAC4) ITV A 8pm 

Wed 9 Feb Queens Park Rangers A 7.45pm 

Sat 12 Feb Derby County H 3pm 

Sat 19 Feb Bristol City A 3pm 

Tue 22 Feb West Bromwich A (Sky) H 7.45pm 

Sat 26 Feb Barnsley A 3pm 

Sat 5 Mar Luton Town H 3pm 

Tue 8 Mar Sheffield United A 7.45pm 

Sat 12 Mar Millwall A 3pm 

Tue 15 Mar Birmingham City A 7.45pm 

Sat 19 Mar Cardiff City H 3pm 

Sat 2 Apr Peterborough United A 3pm 

Tue 5 Apr Fulham H 7.45pm 

Sat 9 Apr Hull City H 3pm 

Fri 15 Apr AFC Bournemouth A TBC 

Mon 18 Apr Huddersfield Town H TBC 

Sat 23 Apr Swansea City A 3pm 

Sat 30 Apr Stoke City H 3pm 

Sat 7 May Preston North End A 12.30pm 

OTHER POSSIBLE DATES 

Emirates FA Cup 

Fifth Round Wed 2 Mar 

Quarter-Final Sat 19 March 

Semi-Final 

Sat 16 April 

Final 

Sat 14 May 

Championship Play-Offs 

Semi-Finals 

TBA 

Final 

Sun 29 May 

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Dates are subject to change. See mfc.co.uk for kick-off times.

KEY: 1st sub 2nd sub 3rd sub 4th sub 5th sub n = Yellow card n = Red Card 

CAPITALS = Captain Bold = Goalscorer P = penalty * = opponent own goal 

SUBS 

HOWSON Morsy McNair n Crooks Watmore Ikpeazu n Spence Tavernier Jones Stojanovic Payero Peltier Coburn 

Spence Malley Morsy n Jones Payero n Coburn Izpeazu Sivi Hackney Stojanovic Dijksteel A Dijksteel M Sykes 

HOWSON Crooks 1 McNair Spence Jones Ikpeazu 1 Payero Bamba Daniels Morsy Peltier Sivi Coburn 

HOWSON Crooks 1 P McNair Spence Jones n Ikpeazu 1 Akpom Payero n Daniels Morsy Peltier Bamba Coburn 

Morsy Dijksteel Crooks Tavernier n Jones n Ikpeazu Howson Coburn Daniels Hall Payero Olusanya Spence 

McNair Watmore HOWSON 1 Tavernier Jones Crooks Olusanya n Bola Daniels Peltier Bamba Coburn 

Bamba n Tavernier Crooks Jones Hernandez Izpeazu Siliki Sporar Watmore Daniels Olusanya Peltier 

HOWSON n Siliki Tavernier Crooks n Hernandez 1 n Sporar 1 n Jones Ikpeazu Watmore Daniels Olusanya Bamba Malley 

HOWSON Siliki Tavernier 1 Crooks n Hernandez Sporar Jones Payero Ikpeazu Daniels Olusanya Watmore Bamba 

HOWSON Crooks n Tavernier Payero Jones n Sporar Siliki Olusanya Watmore Daniels Hall Ikpeazu Bamba 

McNair 1 HOWSON Bola Crooks n Watmore 1 Sporar n Ikpeazu Olusanya Daniels Hall Payero Siliki Jones 

HOWSON McNair n Bola Crooks Watmore Sporar Siliki Ikpeazu Jones Daniels Olusanya Kokolo 

Crooks Payero n Hernandez Watmore Izpeazu n Sporar Jones Coburn 1 Siliki Daniels Olusanya Kokolo 

Crooks 1 HOWSON Jones Payero Watmore Sporar 1 Ikpeazu Hernandez Siliki Daniels Olusanya Kokolo Coburn 

Crooks HOWSON Hernandez Payero 1 Ikpeazu n Sporar 1 P Jones Watmore Coburn Daniels Olusanya Siliki Kokolo 

Crooks HOWSON Hernandez Payero Ikpeazu Sporar Watmore Siliki Coburn Daniels Dijksteel Olusanya Jones 

Tavernier HOWSON Crooks n Hernandez Coburn 1 Sporar Watmore n Siliki Kokolo Lumley Olusanya Peltier Sivi 

McNair n Payero Tavernier Peltier n Coburn 1 Watmore Sporar Siliki Hernandez Lumley Olusanya Kokolo Sivi 

HOWSON n Tavernier Crooks 1 Bola Watmore Sporar Coburn Hernandez Ikpeazu Lumley Dijksteel Taylor Siliki 

Crooks Tavernier HOWSON Bola Watmore Sporar Hernandez Ikpeazu Stojanovic Dijksteel Taylor Siliki Coburn 

Crooks n Tavernier HOWSON Bola n Watmore 2 Sporar Hernandez Ikpeazu Stojanovic Taylor Olusanya Siliki Coburn 

Crooks Tavernier HOWSON Bola Watmore Sporar Hernandez Ikpeazu Fry Lumley Taylor Payero Siliki 

Crooks Tavernier HOWSON Bola Watmore Sporar Bamba Hernandez Ikpeazu Daniels Taylor Payero Siliki 

Crooks Tavernier HOWSON Taylor n Watmore Sporar 1 P Hernandez n Bamba Ikpeazu Daniels Hall Payero Gibson 

Crooks Tavernier HOWSON n Taylor Hernandez Sporar 1 Watmore Peltier Payero Daniels Ikpeazu Bamba Siliki 

Crooks n McNair Tavernier Peltier n Hernandez Sporar 1 n Watmore 1 Ikpeazu Daniels Taylor Hall Payero Siliki 

McNair HOWSON Boyd-Munce 1 Kokolo Ikpeazu 1 n Coburn Tavernier Crooks Hernandez Jones Dijksteel Daniels Malley Daniels Sykes 

Crooks 2 HOWSON Tavernier n Taylor Connolly Sportar Balogan Watmore Coburn Daniels Payero Peltier Bamba 

Crooks n HOWSON Tavernier n Taylor n Connolly Sportar Balogan Watmore Coburn Daniels Payero Peltier Bamba 

Matt Crooks scored two late goals to overturn Reading's 

lead in the last home game. He’s now on six goals for the 

season, the last four all headers. 

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Manager Chris Wilder 

Manager Mark Robins 

Joe Lumley GK 1 

Anfernee Dijksteel 2 

Neil Taylor 3 

Grant Hall 4 

Dael Fry 6 

Marcus Tavernier 7 

Uche Ikpeazu 9 

Martín Payero 10 

Andraz Sporar 11 

Toyosi Olusanya 13 

Lee Peltier 14 

Nathan Wood 15 

Jonny Howson 16 

Paddy McNair 17 

Duncan Watmore 18 

Sol Bamba 22 

James Lea Siliki 23 

Matt Crooks 25 

Aaron Connolly 26 

Marc Bola 27 

Luke Daniels GK 28 

Isaiah Jones 35 

Josh Coburn 37 

Folarin Balogun 47 

Riley McGree 48 

Caolan Boyd-Munce 50 

1 Simon Moore GK 

3 Jake Clarke-Salter 

4 Michael Rose 

5 Kyle McFadzean 

6 Liam Kelly 

7 Jodi Jones 

8 Jamie Allen 

9 Martyn Waghorn 

10 Callum O’Hare 

13 Ben Wilson GK 

14 Ben Sheaf 

15 Dominic Hyam 

17 Viktor Gyokeres 

18 Ian Maatsen 

20 Todd Kane 

22 Josh Reid 

23 Fankaty Dabo 

24 Matt Godden 

26 Jordan Shipley 

27 Jake Bidwell 

28 Josh Eccles 

29 Julien Dacosta 

38 Gustavo Hamer 

Programme editor Paul Dews. Contributors Matt Barber, Gordon Cox, Ken Daly, Tosh Warwick and Shaun Wilson. 

Photography by Varley Picture Agency, Tom Banks, MFC, PA and Shutterstock. Design and production Trevor Hartley and Neil Jeffries at Ignition Sports Media. 

TODAY’S OFFICIALS 

Referee: Matthew Donohue 

Assistants: Paul Hodskinson and Philip Dermott 

Fourth Official: Oliver Langford 

#UTB

Middlesbrough FC v Coventry City

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