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.

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Boro lacking in wedded bliss New Middlesbrough boss Gordon Strachan has spotted a hitch in his plans to get promotion to the Premier League - not enough of his players are hitched. The Scot couldn't quite make up his mind whether this was because his squad is too young or too irresponsible. He said: "Emanuel Pogatetz is [. Click to continue reading...

Reports over the weekend linked former Boro favourite and now Peterborough forward George Boyd with a £6m move to Tottenham. Boyd has been arguably the Posh's best player in their first season in the Championship so far and his recent form is thought to have alerted Premier League clubs to making an offer.

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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...

Gordon Strachan has not lost his fan club in the English press if Kevin Mitchell's column in today's Guardian is anything to go by.His quick wit and popular side career as a pundit have given birth to a "Cult of Wee Gordon" amongst sections of the English media. His perceived differences to another famous Scottish manager have helped in this. Click to continue reading...

‘Mr. Nice Guy', ‘Pinocchio', ‘a lovely man but a terrible manager' these are all the ways former Middlesbrough boss, Gareth Southgate was described. "The Rookie" on Boro bench got sacked even though he was only one point behind the leading teams. In spite of the 2:0 win over Derby, president Steve Gibson made the decision that must be respected.

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All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

Will England be staying a snicker-inducing Royal Bafokeng Hotel (say it fast) during the World Cup? [Channelbee]

Real Madrid players got their free Audis after test driving them in the snow.

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New Boro boss drops a clanger!

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New Middlesbrough manager Gordon Strachan may have slipped up on his first day in charge of the Riverside Stadium outfit, by inadvertedly revealing a list of transfer targets.

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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.

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Another week, another World Cup tournament - this time FIFA's top competition for Under-17 players currently going on in Nigeria until November 15th. As with the Under-20 World Cup, Eurosport UK are covering the tournament so check their website for programme information. We'll pay closer attention ourselves when it gets to the latter stages, but for now we're concentrating on. Click to continue reading...

Boro announce Southgate's successor days after everyone already knew about it! Expect post match interviews at the Riverside to be far more fun from now on.

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Middlesbrough have appointed Gordon Strachan as their new manager.

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Middlesbrough's vastly improved performance in their unfortunate 2-2 draw with Preston yesterday, capped by a brilliant Adam Johnson goal, will provide encouragement for the man openly touted to be unveiled as their new manager tomorrow, Gordon Strachan.For a man who will ever be associated with the red shirt of Manchester United, Strachan's playing career was perhaps most significant at its Click to continue reading...

Sky Sports Magazine'den Alex Ferguson'un tedrisatından geçmiş eski futbolcu yeni teknik adamlar kolajı. Alex Ferguson'un dünya futboluna katkısını farklı bir biçimde ele almışlar. İsimlere tek tek bakınca dudaklar uçukluyor. Alex Mc Leish, Gordon Strachan, Steve Bruce, Roy Keane, Bryan Robson, Mark Hughes, Paul Ince, Darren Ferguson, Henning Berg ve Laurent Blanc listenin ilk akla gelen isimleri. Click to continue reading...

Tony Mowbray was being as philosophical as ever yesterday when he spoke about being a "performance" coach. Leave it to others to judge his team on "results."A jolly Corinthian approach for sure but one that doesn't quite answer his growing band of critics. Results matter and nowhere is that more keenly felt than in the east end of Glasgow. Click to continue reading...

After 27 years supporting Middlesbrough Football Club, I could be forgiven for thinking I had seen it all. Cup finals, relegations, promotions. Liquidation, Europe. Memorable victories and crushing defeats. I thought nothing about the club would ever truly surprise me again. Tuesday night, I was proven wrong.

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Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson finally lost patience with Gareth Southgate after sacking him following Tuesday night 2-0 victory over Derby County.

"The long term future of the club was a key decision in replacing Southgate. One good result wasn't going to change that decision,"
"We had a strategy for Gareth's replacement.

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After a succession of bad managerial choices, Steve Gibson appears to finally about to get it right!

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In a shock move, Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson gave Gareth Southgate his marching orders last night just hours after a 2-0 home win over Derby County which took Middlesbrough to fourth in the Coca-Cola Championship and within a point of the Championship summit.

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Why now?

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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.

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Gareth Southgate has been relieved of his duties as manager of Middlesbrough Football Club with immediate effect. The decision was announced in the early hours of this morning and came hot on the heels of yesterday's 2-0 victory over Derby County at the Riverside.

The win over Derby ended a run of three straight home defeats in the Championship, and it is this along with falling home attendences - less than 17,500 for the Derby game - that is being rumoured as the contributing factors to Southgate's dismissal.

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The less than welcome international break gives us an early chance to take stock. We're seven games in now and what have learned?CelticAtop the pile and Tony Mowbray seems confident that they'll be up there at the end of the season. That's the positive. The negatives are he doesn't yet have the players to play the kind of game he wants, he has not got any faith in the defenders Gordon Strachan Click to continue reading...

San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Darren Huckerby has told an English newspaper he is "99% sure" that he has played his last competitive game, likely forced into an early retirement because of a hip injury that required surgery last week.
Bursting onto the American scene last July, Huckerby went on to total six goals and four assists in 14 appearances, earning 2008 MLS Newcomer of the Year honors along the way. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you get jealous of a corner flag..... The high price of an excessive foul - pay attention, Axel. (ESPN) Germany's simple yet stylish WC 2010 kit. (Football Fashion) Marco Materazzi getting way too used to suing people. (Dirty Tackle) The opening roundup of La Liga's opening weekend. Click to continue reading...

Does it make good business sense for Celtic to sell two of the elite players in the SPL to Spurs?

There have been several stories doing the rounds this summer regarding Spurs and Celtic players Scott Brown and Aiden McGeady. With a 20 million pound price tag on the SPL duo it sure would make sense for the Mowbray to part company with his young midfield duo.

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Today is the all-important Champions League qualifier against Celtic at Parkhead, which is a very intimidating place to play. Matt from Celtic Offside stopped by yesterday to give us some insight into our opponent. And I gave some thoughts on the matchup in response to some of Matt's Questions over at the Celtic Offside, so I won't belabor the same points.

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The Wembley Cup came to an end yesterday and Tony Mowbray's Celtic side won the tournament after a fairly straightforward victory over Spurs. Two noteworthy asides. Great goal by Georgios Samaras and the repeated booing of Alan Hutton for being a former Rangers man.

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Not shown: the moment South Africa's insect population descends on his face Gordon Strachan travelled to the Confederations Cup to network for a new job but faced with the possibilty of watching another half hour of Brazil thrashing Italy or coating his face with an ice-cream, the cooling dessert was always going to win. Click to continue reading...

It took a while but the vacancy has now been filled!

Celtic have confirmed Tony Mowbray as their new manager after a deal was concluded with West Brom.
Mowbray arrives from the club relegated from the Premier League in England along with assistant Mark Venus and first-team coach Peter Grant.

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Former Italian U-21 international Massimo Donati is realising his dream to return back to his native Serie A will, in all probability, materialise this summer as Sampdoria head the list of interested clubs. Donati made the switch to the Scottish capital to compete in the famous green-and-white hoops of Celtic, whom relinquished £3 million to acquire his services back in 2007, but the Sedegliano-born midfielder had nose-dived in both the short and long-term tactics of Gordon Strachan. Click to continue reading...

Gordon Strachan's departure has opened up a void.

Owen Coyle commits to Burnley. Roberto Martinez is soon to be at Wigan. Tony Adam's investiture was denied by the club. Mark McGhee is still with Motherwell. Henrik Larsson rumouredly was on his way to Scotland but this is being denied by his agent.

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According to the London Times, Tony Mowbray will be installed as the new manager of Glasgow Celtic. He leaves behind a relegated West Bromwich Albion, but this is a good move for both Celtic and Mowbray. Tony did a great job getting WBA promoted in the first place. He also didn't receive a lot of financial support to buy new players once the team were promoted. Click to continue reading...

The rumour mill is in overdrive around the world, with so many club changing managers in the hunt for that winning formula. European giants Real Madrid, Chelsea and AC Milan have all appointed new bosses for next season.

As an Everton fan, I'm really concerned about the rumour that is going round that Everton boss David Moyes, despite denying rumours that he could return to the club he represented as a player.

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The Scottish football season finally came to a halt as Rangers win the Scottish Cup following their 1-0 victory over Falkirk last Saturday. The promotion and relegation fixtures have been played; St Johnstone, Raith Rovers, Ayr United, Stenhousemuir and Dumbarton are all preparing for life in a higher division following their promotions, while for Inverness Caley Thistle, Clyde, Airdrie United, Queens Park and Stranraer next season will mean having to adjust to life in a lower league. Click to continue reading...

Is Tony Adams a grandstanding poseur? He had been talking up his replacement for Gordon Strachan at Celtics when the club came out and flatly denied ever approaching him for the job.

Adams has been in the wilderness since being fired at Portsmouth. These confabulations get him some publicity.

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Surprise candidate in race to fill vacant post. Celtic have made an official approach for Swansea City boss Roberto Martinez. Swansea confirmed to BBC Sport Wales that the Scottish giants have asked to speak to Martinez about becoming Gordon Strachan's successor at Celtic Park. "I had a call off their chief executive [Peter . Click to continue reading...

Are football fans' expectations getting totally unrealistic?  Arsenal finished 4th in the Premiership, but have been booed off the field more than once this season. Arsene Wenger faced tough questioning at a shareholders' meeting and for a time there was speculation that he might pack his bags and leave. Click to continue reading...