Dave Kitson of Stoke City has become the second striker to join Middlesbrough on loan since the appointment of Gordon Strachan. It is hoped that Kitson will provide additional competition for places up front, following the recent arrival of Marcus Bent on loan, and will be reunited at the Riverside with his former Reading strike partner Leroy Lita.

Click to continue reading...

If you missed the first game against Port Vale, well tonight was more or less the same, but without� the dramatic injury time equaliser. Boro again were the better side for the majority of the game, but failed to convert their chances and ended up losing the game due to an error by captain Mark Roberts.

Click to continue reading...

It's back to league action this weekend as Gateshead make the long journey south to play Stevenage in a fixture which was last played in 1998 with� the 'Tynesiders'� winning the game 2-1 at the International Stadium. Boro though won the reverse fixture earlier that season 6-1, so I doubt the Gateshead fans have that fond of memories of Hertfordshire.

Click to continue reading...

This week the age old melody banter between two sets of fans. Thats right football chants. Obviously there are some offensive corkers we have left out, but the ones we left in are equally class. Enjoy!!

10. 'Nani are you ok, are you ok Nani'

- Man yoo fans to Nani, in the tune of MJ's Smooth Criminal.

Click to continue reading...

Stevenage made it into the draw for the second round of the FA Cup after a superb performance up at Port Vale. Boro dominated the game in long spells and were unlucky not to win the game comfortably. Vale looked poor and I think underestimated the task ahead of them. Boro manager Graham Westley� will be delighted with his side's performance after ripping the League 2 club apart for the majority of the game, but will be frustrated that missed chances again cost his side winning away from home for the second weekend in a row.

Click to continue reading...

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Position: 17th, 2-4-5 (10 points, -7 goal differential)

Recent Form: LLDDD

Home Form: 1-2-2

Away to the midlands tomorrow to face Wolves at the Molineaux. Wolves are a solid side I picked them to stay up this season, and I actually hope they do.

Click to continue reading...

Championship outfit Middlesbrough have completed the signing of striker Marcus Bent on loan from Birmingham City. Bent is the first signing of new Boro boss Gordon Strachan, who recently took charge of affairs from Gareth Soutgate. The former Charlton and Everton striker will be at Riverside for the next two months. Click to continue reading...

GS is replaced by GS Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has found an interesting way of cost-cutting at the Riverside Stadium. Recession-busting Boro will only appoint managers with the initials GS in future. Gordon Strachan can look forward to some oversized hand-me-downs from Gareth Southgate.

Click to continue reading...

On Tuesday night, Boro sacked Gareth Southgate: cue rejoicing on Teesside. Southgate was the clueless manager who got us relegated for the first time in 12 years. He was the man who took us from the Uefa Cup to the foot of the table. He was the man who sold our best players, and brought in our worst.

Click to continue reading...

Suggestions have intensified that Steve Gibson, Boro's chairman, had already lined up Strachan when, at around midnight last night, he sacked Southgate following the team's 2-0 home win over Derby County. Click to continue reading...

Ex-Boro boss should have sniffed out a lack of respect Former Middlesbrough player Ray Parlour recalls Gareth Southgate's uneasy transition from Boro player to Boro manager. At least he had some of the older heads in the squad on his side...

Click to continue reading...

Why now?

Join Our Facebook Fan Page for the Latest News/Rumours/Forums/Videos/WAGS/Funny Stuff/Features!

Middlesbrough have announced that manager Gareth Southgate has been 'relieved of his duties'.

Boro have endured an in-different start to the Championship season following relegation from the Premier League last term.

Click to continue reading...

The win over Derby did not save Southgate's job who was sacked hours later by chairman Steve Gibson. Boro are fourth in the Championship table a point behind West Brom.

It would have appear that Southgate had managed some breathing space with the Derby win stopping a three game losing streak at home but obviously Steve Gibson had other ideas.

Click to continue reading...

Boro's good form continued on Saturday with a hard working win against Salisbury. Boro lined up with Bostwick one again at centre half and Yemi Odubade continuing up front alongside former Salisbury man Charlie Griffin. Once again Lee Boylan and Mitchell Cole missed out through injury and they were joined by Eddie Odhiambo who picked up a knock last week against Hayes & Yeading.

Click to continue reading...

On the back of Boro's biggest win of the season so far last Saturday, we entertain in-form Salisbury at The Lamex Stadium tomorrow. It may prove to be a tough game however history is on our with 4 wins and one draw in our last 6 meetings. Our last defeat was back in March 2008 when Matt Tubbs scored a last gasp winner to deny Peter Taylor's team from going second in the league at the time.

Click to continue reading...

Taking a cue from Dan, I wanted to add my tuppence about Chris Smalling.

There has been a buzz about Smalling since we snatched him from Middlesbrough.� I can't remember the details, but Smalling, a Maidstone Utd player, seemed to have signed up with Boro, only to have something change at the last minute.

Click to continue reading...

There was a time (last summer) when I would have welcomed Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to The Lane. Thankfully, those days are long now gone. It was only a few months ago when we were all talking up the lad and saying how good of a signing he would be for us. A.C. Milan fans were doing the same thing. You should hear them now. Click to continue reading...

Redknapp keeping eye on promising winger.

Portsmouth Vs Tottenham Tickets Still Available!

Dubbed the "Next Ryan Giggs" Adam Johnson has a bright future ahead of him and perhaps an even brighter one if he manages to get a transfer away from Middlesbrough in the near future, dependent of course on whether Gareth "I am an awful manager" Southgate can get the Riverside outfit back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.

Click to continue reading...

We are still months away from the January transfer window but Man United are still being linked to different players each day. Today, United are being linked with 22-year old Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson.
The Daily Mirror are reporting that United have joined a list of Premier League clubs who are wanting to snap up the player in the January transfer window. Click to continue reading...

"We saw Jaws from James Bond at our hotel. He looks frightening in real life, like in the film. We all had a group photo and he was pretending to choke some of us. He would make a good keeper judging by the size of his hands."
Bristol City goalkeeper Dean Gerken as the team meet an unexpected guest at their hotel in Newcastle. Click to continue reading...

With the first quarter of football almost over in most leagues around Europe, now is a good time to measure the current progress of some of the giant clubs on the continent. Actually, analyzing the success or failure of clubs in general won't be nearly as exciting as identifying a more specific object of analysis.

Click to continue reading...

The downward route from the Premier League is littered with the names of clubs that thought they could bounce straight back. They thought it would be easy, assuming the clubs below the Premier League to be stuffed full of wheezing pseudo-athletes and watched by philistines who don't understand the sophisticated ways of the newly-relegated.

Click to continue reading...

Rewind back to 2003 and you'll see that Jonathan Woodgate had everything. From critical acclaim to a huge fan following, he had all the essentials required to go down in the Newcastle folklore as one of the very best defenders of all time. However, the only obstacle that could stop him injuries came into play very early into his career at St.

Click to continue reading...

You can also read this post at http://gunnerstoday.wordpress.com where I'll be blogging permanently soon. Check it out, it looks much better don't you think?
It is now I think well over 5 years since Arsene started using the youth in this competition. Yesterday the trend continued with 8 teenagers. Click to continue reading...

The goal scoring heroes, Vela and Watt

� It is now I think well over 5 years since Arsene� started using the youth in this competition. Yesterday the trend continued with 8 teenagers. We can safely that is significantly higher to be singled out so precisely. Of course if you really want to be picky, then as I� mentioned before in my previous post, you can count Senderos as a young un as well.

Click to continue reading...

After dramatic victory against Mansfield last Saturday, Boro return to action tomorrow against bottom side Chester. After having 25 points deducted at the start of the season it was always going to be an up hill struggle for Chester to overcome and 9 points from their opening 9 games have not given them a great start either.

Click to continue reading...

It's a question I have seen crop up a lot on various message boards over the last few weeks, so is Boro's Adam Johnson the best player in the Championship?

There is no doubting that Johnson has had a superb start to the campaign, 5 league goals and 1 in the Carling Cup for a wide player is a superb return.

Click to continue reading...

Hello my dears, I hope you had a lovely weekend. Obviously you could have nothing but as Bolton had their first win in 10 league matches (since April, v. Boro for those of you counting). If you missed the game here are the highlights. Now onto actual analysis instead of me just blabbering on.

Click to continue reading...

Dwight Yorke'un futbolu bıraktığı haberiyle çocukluğumun bir yıldızı daha kayıverdi sahalardan. Bir zamanlar Manchester United dendi mi akla neredeyse Giggs'den bile önce Yorke gelirdi. Neyse bu vesile ile Premier Lig nostalji yapalım biraz. Fotoğrafımız Elland Road'da oynanan bir Manchester- Leeds maçından. Click to continue reading...

-
- For cutting-edge, up-to-the-minute news about QPR, mixed in with "flasback" looks at QPR of a year ago or forty years ago, visit the combination blog and messageboard, QPR Report Messageboard. Add items of general football interest and posters' opinion - All views welcome.
- QPR REPORT Available on TWITTER! Click to continue reading...

Tuncay signs for Stoke CityThe Yahoo! Fantasy Football world is abuzz... Tuncay Sanli has been relisted in the game at 1! He's listed as a forward, which isn't ideal because to my mind, he'll play in midfield as he often did for Boro. As I wrote in the Monday Morning Manager: It will be very interesting to see how they incorporate Tuncay into the squad. Click to continue reading...

It wasn't pretty, but Stevenage got back to winning ways beating Rushden & Diamonds 2-1 at Broadhall Way. Unfortunately though the game won't be remembered for the football, but for the horror tackle by Michael Corcoran on Lawrie Wilson which will probably see the in form right midfielder miss the rest of the season.

Click to continue reading...

Rushden & Diamonds are next up for Boro as they look to bounce back from their defeat last weekend to Oxford United. The 2-1 loss at the Kassam Stadium was Boro's only� defeat of the season so far although the Hertfordshire club have also only won 1 match out of the 5 played. Rushden have faired slightly better recording 2 wins,� 2 draws and� 1 defeat in their opening 5 games.

Click to continue reading...

The Championship season is well under way and it will be a fascinating tussle for the teams who are battling it out for a big juicy slice of the pizza that is the Premiership.

Out of 24 teams in the second tier of English football, realistically you could say 15 have actual aspirations to be promoted or to be in or around the play-offs come May.

Click to continue reading...

One of the more puzzling tactical decisions from Graham Westley so far this season has been his reluctance to give new midfielder� Stacy Long� a run in the team, especially as the creative side of Boro's game is not quite where it should be. It's been more� long ball than Long.�

Stacy moved to Broadhall Way in the summer after a successful spell at Ebbsfleet United.

Click to continue reading...