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Villa away in 89 (relegation battle). Not long after Hillsborough, so sat in the Villa end as I don't think their was away seating (I was 11). Went 1-0 up through Davenport. Mowbray did an amazing rugby tackle to stop one of their players when clean through with 10 minutes to go and in those...

I was terrified. I googled it recently and learnt that some killed themselves days after, and the parents blamed this program for their sons suicide. That's probably why it was never shown again. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/parents-blame-tv-programme-for-son-s-death-1565122.html

My very first Boro game was Villa away not long after Hillsborough, so my dad took my in the Villa end. Unfortunately, they equalised in the last minute, and we got relegated. Also been in Man Utd fans at Old Trafford. Got beat 3-0. After that I vowed never to go in with the other supporters again.

I have used them in the past too, but I have heard of issues on these vans, especially around the university (where I was based). Students were occasionally held up and had there laptops taken off them. I think students were often seen as an easy target. However, a friend of mine was travelling...

I moved back to the UK recently after living in South Africa for nearly seven years. Half of the time I was based in Cape Town and the other half in the middle of nowhere in the Northern Cape. I love the place and would move back giving the opportunity. But as others have said there is an edge...

I started publishing a few papers in scientific journals recently. I've also done a couple of articles for some magazines and online blogs (that describe the journal articles in a friendly manner. These were mainly on birds and ecosystems.

Rory Delap? That was years ago 😂

Would this prevent the likelihood of long distance away games being changed to a 12:30 kick off? If so then I might be keen on this

This morning I was helping my dad clear out his loft, and came across quite a lot of programs mainly from the late nineties. These include a Middlesbrough binder which should contain the programs from all the home games and some away games from the 96-97 season. So if any collector is missing a...

The top video just goes to show how little I know about football tactics ha ha

I also started watching during the Rioch era and for me, the "boro way" was a team with a local identity, that tried to attack. During that period, we had lots of youth players come through, and again under Mcclaren. But, over the years I feel the number of youth players that breakthrough has...