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Born and bred in South London. Could have been worse though - we're not far from Crystal Palace. That would have been a disowning, for reasons that are too complicated to explain

The Chelsea thing was one of a number of grievous parental errors....He tries to make me feel better by referring to Boro as "we" and "us", but his heart's not really in it

I thought it worth posting a link to this blog I wrote at the time of the FA cup game a couple of years ago. My son is still an unrepentant Chelsea supporter, deeply unsatisfied with with events post-Abramovic. His birthday is next week, so his present is a no-brainer. You guessed it - tickets...

Just got two tickets - only a couple of hundred left, so get a move on to avoid disappointment

Brilliant book (as is Cloud Cuckoo Land by same author). Netflix thing is beautifully filmed but the script stinks. Scenes with Mark Ruffalo and little girl are embarrassingly cheesy

In all of the sound and fury on the board regarding transfers and the start of the season, this is the key point. The interplay/interchange between our midfielders and forwards last season was thrilling to watch and generated loads of chances. Akpom had an exceptional season. 29 goals for a...

This thread is bringing back some memories: The Jam at the Town Hall, June/July 1977. Supported by York band Cyanide, I seem to recall.

I taught his son, Eric, English in Brixton in the 1980s. He was the coolest guy at Parents Evenings. He sauntered in, sat down at my desk and said, about Eric, "Is he still arsing around then?" A refreshingly different opening gambit to most parents I saw, who were convinced their kids were...

I'm still traumatised by our Biology teacher, Ron Berryman, (Embassy Mick), walking into the lab from the prep room, fag in hand, carrying a box. He extricated a rat from the box, and "prepared it for dissection" by swinging it by its tail and breaking its neck on the edge of the bench. We then...

I agree. Never thought I'd be so pleased about the resurgence of Man U

I was talking to a mate of mine, AFC Wimbledon supporter, the other day about the Carrick miracle. He asked me who I thought was the most important person in Boro's potential success in the next few years. Obviously, I said Carrick. His reply was interesting - he said no, it's Ten Hag. He...

You're right about Wilder. It's amazing how far his star has fallen. He's mentioned in connection with every vacancy in the Prem and Championship, but by Day 2, he's at the bottom of the list of contenders. He's going to have to eat a lot of humble pie if he wants to work again soon

You're not wrong! Sorry, schoolboy error. And I take comfort from the fact that you seem to have read to the end of the article. Unless that's where you started.

There is something stirring down in TS3. Something beautiful. Something we will be able to tell our Granchildren about. . Read my blog, Dazed and Confused, for some reckless optimism. And don't blame me when we lose on Saturday. Dazed and Confused

Coincidentally, I've just pubished my Old Grey Owl's Amanac for the first 6 months of 2023. Not Boro related because of a different target audience, so I'll add: Boro to go up via play offs. Carrick Manager of the Year At Christmas 2023, Boro fourth in Premier League, reaping the benefits of...

It's obvously an age thing. Spike and Souness were my two favourite Boro players as well. I also used to watch Kempes 1980/81 when I lived in Valencia. He was incredibly cool - looked amazing and just strutted around the pitch. Made very little contribution until he was in the box. It might be...

I started writing a bit more seriously after I retired. How anybody does it when they are still working is beyond me. Mind you, how anybody does anything when they're working is beyond me. Full time work is seriously bad for your health. I've self published one novel, Zero Tolerance, which is a...

It's the psychology of the transfer window that's the problem. Being credibly linked with seemingly exciting youngish forwards sets up an expectation. Even though none of us know anything really about Larsen, there's a disappointment about not getting him. It's anticlimactic. But in the cold...

As you might had gathered from my username, Spike was a bit of a hero to me - my all time favourite player. So the news of his death a week or so ago knocked me for six. So much so, that I found I couldn't really add to the many great threads in appreciation that sprang up last week. Instead...

A friend of mine is an AFC Wimbledon season ticket holder. He contacted me last week to say he'd heard Boro were in for Forss and that he hoped we'd do it because he was a "proper goalscorer". I must admit, I hadn't heard of him until a couple of weeks ago, so I looked up his stats. 11 goals in...