Side: Swansea City A.F.C. Nickname(s): The Swans, The Jacks Ground: Liberty Stadium From Boro: a long slog halfway into Wales – 330 miles, or nearly 5.5 hours by motor Kit: can we get a moratorium limiting any more red/white/black kits in this league? The State They’re In: might be hard to capitalize on last year…Roberto Martinez has done one to [...]

Side: Sheffield United F.C. Nickname: The Blades Ground: Bramall Lane – worldwide, it’s the oldest venue still hosting professional footie From Boro: a little further than Hillsborough at 105 miles – United dominate the southern quadrants of the the city Kit: very continental…looks Spanish, which isn’t entirely negative… Made In Sheffield: the club has blazed a far-reaching extension of The [...]

Boro trudged on back home for final pre-season prep after drawing 1-1 @ Millwall – Rhys Williams continued his uprising by contributing a 4th goal in 5 exhibitions…the gaffer sported a side that probably will not deviate too much from what we’ll see come Friday – Didier Digard, Marvin Emnes, Jonathan Grounds and Gary O’Neil [...]

Side: Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Nickname(s): The Owls, SWFC, The Wednesday Ground: Hillsborough Stadium From Boro: about 95 miles SSW Kit: the home top is like a dynamic rendition of Wigan…the pirate teddy bear sponsor is completely adorable too Wednesday Til I Die: Get giro, Go down pub, Get really plastered, Find a blade, Fuck him up, We are Wednesday bastards!…and [...]

Boro were blunted at Boundary Park – the pristine pre-season was marred in a 2-2 draw w/ Oldham…after falling behind earlier, we stormed back w/ some set-piece perfection; Rhys Williams and Robert Huth both crunched headers home to stake us a lead…it was short-lived as Oldham pegged back quickly…in the end they shared the insignificant [...]

No pictures just yet, if at all, but Boro appear to have clinically dispatched Dumbarton 5-0 this past evening…GON, Jeremie Aliadiere, Adam Johnson and Rhys Williams all netted for the visitors, but the result was tempered by yet another knack for Didier Digard Mido is back, but he isn’t; he was part of the trio with [...]

Never again mentioning the miserable failure that facilitated relegation, but rather looking forward to the challenges of the Championship – a rebuilt Boro begins now: The inanity of the summer transfer session begins apace as the BBC reports Boro are launching an assault on a well-accomplished international quality defender. Named Gary Neville. Seriously. Those close to Boro’s [...]

The momentum generated from a decent cup win @ Wolves…the smart loan move to jettison Mido in exchange for Marlon King…it’s all gone. Boro’s other transfer target Ben Watson left Teesside at the altar in favour of a steamy affair w/ upstarts Wigan. And nevermind it was that Mido scoring the equaliser v Liverpool today… The [...]

Match reporting is suspended indefinitely – will resume once we quit playing rubbish football and start scoring fucking goals… Sell Downing to fund a January injection of talent and depth into the squad? Let Gary O’Neil fuck off back to Pompey? Why not give Marvin Emnes a full go? This was a critical opportunity for points prior [...]

Outdone again late on the road – more valuable points dropped. A delightful goal for us with just over 10 minutes left was nullified by a quick following six minutes of hell. The inability to manage a late lead was flagrant once more and Boro continued a slip into the lower stretches of the table. Hull [...]