Just seen this on Twitter - ranks the NE FAN bases
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BaronSmoggie
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Thats not going to be a non-biased poll at all 
BlindBoyGrunt
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Not worth clicking on, it's just the usual tribalism from all sides.
atypical_boro
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“rank” them on what? Belly size? Prettiest tea towel headdress?
NorthumberlandBoro
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The latest attempt by the intelligentsia to insult Boro is to pretend Middlesbrough is not in the north east.
Top banter.
Top banter.
BlindBoyGrunt
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I think this is mostly a Sunderland thing, they say that a lot on SMB. The reason is obvious though, it makes them a slightly bigger fish in a much smaller pool.
atypical_boro
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Although TBF a lot of our fans do say we’re in Yorkshire.
Malaguena
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That's because we are
Rofesleg
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And TB equally F, you can be both.
North East and Yorkshire. Like Middlesbrough really.
atypical_boro
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We can be whatever we want but we can’t complain too much if someone else says we’re not NE. The North East and Yorkshire isn’t really a region, it’s two regions that border each other.
Rofesleg
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Although officially, Middlesbrough is in the county of North Yorkshire within the North East region of England.
atypical_boro
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It’s also, via a different official route, in the Borough of Middlesbrough in the Tees Valley Combined Authority in the North East of England. So it all depends which official borders you want to pay attention to.
Rofesleg
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So it is still in the NE of England whichever route you use.
There are nine English regions. Middlesbrough is in North East region, not Yorkshire & Humber region.
atypical_boro
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I would suggest most people in the country consider the NE and Yorkshire as different places.
Malaguena
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They're all different
- the "North East" is an undefined (as far as I'm aware) geographical area in the .... well ....north east of England, unless you're going to go by the area covered by the now deceased One North East, the Regional Development Agency, which did indeed cover Middlesbrough but was so Newcastle-centric as to be embarrassing
- "Yorkshire" is a historical county consisting of three Ridings (plus the City of York) of which Middlesbrough was in the North Riding, and still is for ceremonial purposes
- "North Yorkshire" is an administrative county council
Think that covers it, but what is certain is that Middlesbrough is in Yorkshire
(waits to be pounced on by those in denial)
atypical_boro
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Your final sentence, which I’m not denying, is the reason Geordies/Mackems say we’re not in the NE, though, which is the point of this discussion.They're all different
- the "North East" is an undefined (as far as I'm aware) geographical area in the .... well ....north east of England, unless you're going to go by the area covered by the now deceased One North East, the Regional Development Agency, which did indeed cover Middlesbrough but was so Newcastle-centric as to be embarrassing
- "Yorkshire" is a historical county consisting of three Ridings (plus the City of York) of which Middlesbrough was in the North Riding, and still is for ceremonial purposes
- "North Yorkshire" is an administrative county council
Think that covers it, but what is certain is that Middlesbrough is in Yorkshire
(waits to be pounced on by those in denial)
atypical_boro
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You’re actually wrong about NY though. The ceremonial county Middlesbrough currently falls in is North Yorkshire, which is also an administrative county that doesn’t cover Middlesbrough administratively. The North Riding of Yorkshire no longer exists in any official capacity, administratively or ceremonially. It is just a historical Riding.They're all different
- the "North East" is an undefined (as far as I'm aware) geographical area in the .... well ....north east of England, unless you're going to go by the area covered by the now deceased One North East, the Regional Development Agency, which did indeed cover Middlesbrough but was so Newcastle-centric as to be embarrassing
- "Yorkshire" is a historical county consisting of three Ridings (plus the City of York) of which Middlesbrough was in the North Riding, and still is for ceremonial purposes
- "North Yorkshire" is an administrative county council
Think that covers it, but what is certain is that Middlesbrough is in Yorkshire
(waits to be pounced on by those in denial)
atypical_boro
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TBF they might be teenagers. A lot of this stuff on Twitter is just teenagers.
Neither does Cleveland
From a sporting point of view ..
MFC enter the North Riding Senior Cup every season
Yorkshire have played County Cricket games at Acklam Park
Middlesbrough was a starting stage for the Tour de Yorkshire
Middlesbrough RUFC proud to be Yorkshire 1 Champions 2021/22
Whats wrong with the town being associated with Yorkshire?
