After nine matches away, El Pistolero was back in the Liverpool line up. The Uruguayan had been watching in the stands as the mighty Reds gained excellent results against Manchester City and Manchester United without him. Suarez came on as a substitute and could not inspire Liverpool against a weakened Spurs team.

Cometh the hour, cometh the comeback- for once.

Finally, a win for Arsenal! The matter by which it came was joyful, and may just have put us out of our recent funk. In a match where Arsenal dominated in terms of possession and chances created, Aston Villa, with a first-team lineup, crawled to a 2-0 lead at half time.

Karl Robinson and his Milton Keynes Dons side make the short journey down to the Lamex tomorrow night in what could be a pivotal match as both sides look to cement their position in the League 1 play-off positions. MK Dons sit one place above Stevenage going into the game, although the Dons are 5 points clear with the bonus of a game in hand.

Coventry City's Alex Nimely celebrates scoring their second goal of their terrific win against Middlesborough

Every week, my brother places an accumulator on various Football League results, only a few quid, but enough to make it fairly interesting. To this date, he has never won.

Stevenage are on the road again this weekend as they make a trip up to Glanford Park to face Alan Knill's Scunthorpe United. Boro are still managerless after Graham Westley's departure last Friday, but they will be confident going into the game after a run of 10 away games in all competitions without defeat.

FC Boro has returned. After deciding to call it a day back in August, the desire to get this place up and running again has come back after the events of recent weeks. It's not totally back as it was as I've still got a few issues to iron out with the domain name and pictures etc, but the blog is back, just as Stevenage FC enter a new era after the departure of Graham Westley.

December was another unbeaten month as Stevenage continued their climb up the League 1 table. There was also progress in the FA Cup as the Boro progressed into the 3rd round of the FA Cup after a professional display against non-league Stourbridge.

Boro progress into 3rd round of FA Cup

A comfortable win away at Stourbridge sent Stevenage into the 3rd round of the FA Cup and a tie with Reading at the Madjeski Stadium.

Name: Mikkel Beck In his 1990s prime for: Middlesbrough, Derby County Lowdown: A striker who was unfortunately known for not being very good in English football, Beck moved to Middlesbrough from Fortuna Koln after Euro 96, a tournament in which he had played two games for Denmark. Joining ‘Boro in 1996, the club were relegated [.

November was another strong month for the Boro. Another "giant" was put in their place.

Stevenage 2-1 Sheffield United

Another one of League One's elite were beat at the Lamex. Goals from Mark Roberts and Scott Laird were enough to give Graham Westley's side the 3 points as they continued to push up the table.

THE TOP OF THE TABLE TONIGHT READS AS FOLLOWS.
BRIDLINGTON TOWN PLAYED 17.37PTS
RETFORD PLAYED 18.36PTS
SCARBOROUGH ATH PLAYED 16.35PTS
TADCASTER ALB PLAYED 15. 35PTS
SO IF WE DEFEAT TADCASTER ON TUESDAY WE WILL GO TOP OF THE LEAGUE.

FUNK SAYS SORRY FOR CUP STUFFING.SCARBOROUGH Athletic manager Rudy Funk apologised to the fans after last night's dismal 5-1 North Riding Cup defeat at the hands of Guisborough Town.Funk's heavily altered side were comfortably second best on the night, but the Borop chief did manage to grab a positive or two.

Boss Rudy Funk decided to give some fringe players a run out in this game, and although it is a fairly minor competition, I could not believe the 5-1 scoreline.
Boro were 4-1 down at half time, and fell even further behind on the hour as Town's David Onion's added his team's 5th goal.

Paralysed ex-pro gets a job as Boro scout

Gary Parkinson has locked-in syndrome but communicates by blinking

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It is the 2nd round of the North Riding Senior Cup tomorrow night (Tuesday) and Boro are home to Guisborough Town in the competition.
This is a minor competition and I personally feel that the £7 admission fee will deter many fans from attending.
Plus the fact that Rudy is unlikely to field a full strength side and the late 8.

Versatility in a player is a very valuable attribute in today's game with so many managers now looking for young, strong and technically gifted players to strengthen their team. The prime example of a player with extreme versatility in the Premier League at the present moment must be the emergence of Manchester United youngster, Phil Jones.

Middlesbrough star Rhys Williams insists that he has no intention of leaving the club in January.
Williams stated earlier this week that he was not ready to sign a new deal at Boro - unless they improved their offer.
This led to renewed speculation about his future with Bolton and Liverpool linked again, with Aston Villa also previously linked.

Boro star rebuffs move talk

Middlesbrough star Rhys Williams insists that he has no intention of leaving the club in January.

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Scarborough Athletic lined up against high flying United minus Gary Hepples and Ryan Blott, who were both serving suspensions and Paddy Miller was also absent due to food poisoning.
Dean Windass replaced Blott and new signing Luke Fletcher replaced Hepples, Denny Ingram stepped in for the unlucky Miller.

Luke FletcherMidfielder Luke Fletcher has become the latest acquisition for Scarborough Athletic.
Luke has joined us from Stavely Miners Welfare, he had joined Welfare from Parkgate at the start of this season.
Luke is 25 years of age and actually played against Boro in the opening game of the season.

Parkgate silenced the large Boro following and stunned their opponents with a goal inside the first minute of play, following a poor clearance by the Boro defence, Nathan Swindells was left with an easy opportunity and he took his chance well striking the ball home from near the edge of the penalty area.

October was a tough month for Boro. It started with 3 straight defeats to the likes of Scunthorpe, AFC Wimbledon and Huddersfield. It soon picked up though and the win against Charlton kicked off another unbeaten run.

Stevenage 1-0 Charlton

A Stacy Long goal was enough for Boro to beat unbeaten, table-toppers Charlton Athletic.

Scarborough Athletic moved up two places into 4th position of the league table thanks to their last gasp winner at home to Hall Road Rangers yesterday.That game I predicted correctly.
Bridlington Town won 3-1 away to Long Eaton United, I guessed that would be a very close game and forecast a draw.

Following the diabolical refereeing from Mr D Hunt, which cost us dearly at Parkgate last Saturday, Boro boss Rudy Funk gave his opinions on the day in the local paper, here is the article which I think just sums up the true feelings held by everyone connected to the club, I honestly think that we are been targeted as a club, unfairly so, and I speak as an ex referee when I say that the officials in this league are mainly very poor, and generally just not up to the standards required.

"RAISE FUNDS FOR 'BORO' BY SHOPPING ONLINE"Don't forget you can raise funds for Boro while shopping online. Go to the Scarborough Athletic official site and click on the"online shop" link at the right hand side of the page.
Click on the link below the news items "Shop with over 150 top retailers and raise funds for us at the same time".

Along with the Scarborough Evening News, Scarborough Athletic FC are offering a "Kids for a quid" day on Saturday at the Boro v Hall Road Rangers NCEL Premier division fixture at Queensgate, Bridlington.
Anyone under 16 will be admitted to the game for just £1.
Fans travelling from Scarborough can take advantage of the usual Boro bus which leaves the Railway station at 1.

Boro's progress in the FA Vase was halted by a combination of cheating opponents and a referee (Mr D Hunt) who should not be allowed anywhere near a football pitch again after this performance. I am used to seeing inept officials in this league, but yesterday's was I have been told by many fans the worst yet to officiate a Boro game.

We are all saddened to hear the news that former Middlesbrough coach, Gordon McQueen, has been diagnosed with cancer. The much loved ex-Manchester United defender announced on Friday afternoon that he will receive treatment at The James Cook University Hospital after being diagnosed with cancer of the larynx.

It was a mixed month for Stevenage in September. Here are some of the highlights.

Stevenage 4-2 Rochdale

Boro recorded their first home win in League One with a 4-2 victory over Rochdale. Goals from Craig Reid, Chris Beardsley (2) and an own goal from Neil Trotman gave Graham Westley's side the 3 points.

In case you thought this list wasn't big enough, two more loaners to be added to the list. Bjorn Helge Riise recently joined Portsmouth on loan until the November 7. And turns out this fella named Richard Barroilhet joined Finnish club Vaasan Palloseura until October 31 way back in August.

Debut goals by Kieran Gibbs, Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain, and Yossi Benayoun guided the Gunners to a 3-1 win over Shrewsbury Town, a side who showed a fair bit of skill and fighting spirit.

Arsene Wenger went to his crop of promising youngsters and new signings to trot out Chamberlain, Carl Jenkinson, Ignasi Miquel, Yossi Benayoun, Park Chu Young, and Francis Coquelin.

Its easy on transfer deadline day to only focus on the acquisitions made on transfer deadline day. It's almost as if all the other summer signings are suddenly forgotten about, like how the newest toy immediately replaces all the others in their heart.

Well, let's ignore that and gauge our summer acquisitions in full.

Arsene Wenger is furious with UEFA's ban for the ­Champions League ­showdown with Udinese.

The Gunners boss was sidelined for two matches on yesterday after being found guilty of contacting his staff while serving a ban during the first leg of our 1-0 win against the Italians at the Emirates last week.

Morning all, with a season defining week starting for Arsenal, there are a couple of pretty noteworthy things to report on today.

The most noteworthy- and most ludicrous- is the news that Arsene Wenger has been handed a two match ban by UEFA for his supposed indiscretions last Tuesday during our home win against Udinese in the CL Play-offs.

While we're all basking in the glow of taking one big step toward entry in the Champions League group stage, there are also a few news items to sort through, so let's get started.

First, a few folks were discussing the terms of Wenger's suspension from the touchline during yesterday's match.

Arsene Wenger is keeping tabs on Wolves striker Kevin Doyle, a report in the Times claims this morning.

The paper says Arsenal are monitoring Doyle as a possible replacement for Nicklas Bendtner, should the Denmark international leave the Emirates. It is clear we need another forward as we will lose Gervinho and Chamakh on the African Cup of nation at the turn of the year.

Charles: Scored Boro's first goal in League 1

Chesterfield 1-1 Stevenage | Charles 40, Lester 97
npower league 1 | b2net stadium | 5,836

A late late goal from Jack Lester prevented Boro from taking all 3 points at the b2net Stadium. In what was a scrappy game, Boro were well on course to their first win in League 1 when Darius Charles headed home from a corner 5 minutes before half-time.

Sumner sinks Boro

Josh Sumner netted the only goal of the game as Liverpool U18s won 1-0 at Middlesbrough in a friendly on Saturday.

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Instead of going through all the 23 teams we are to face this season, I thought I'd do something slightly different to preview the new season. I've asked 6 Boro supporters for their views on the season ahead as the club prepares for its first campaign in npower League 1. If you want a preview of League 1, then I recommend reading The Seventy Two Unfortunates' Football League preview.

Newly-promoted Swansea have completed the signing of Middlesborough striker Leroy Lita for a fee of £1.75m. Lita (26) who has had Premier League experience with Reading has scored 20 Championship goals in two season's with Boro and could be a astute signing for the Welsh club come the end of the season.

Sunday, 6 November 2005 and it's the 19 anniversary of Sir Alex's appointment as Manchester United manager but the celebrations were on hold. A look at the league table made grim reading for any Manchester United fan. An unusual pallid gloom had descended in and around Old Trafford following the events that had transpired over the seven days preceding a pivotal encounter.