The winners and losers in the Championship this season
24/07/2020 - A season to remember for Leeds, Saïd Benrahma and Gerhard Struber was one to forget for Charlton, Expand
24/07/2020 - A season to remember for Leeds, Saïd Benrahma and Gerhard Struber was one to forget for Charlton, Butland and Woodgate By Martin Laurence for WhoScoredThe final night of Championship action – for the regular season at least – promised to be a dramatic one. It exceeded all expectations, turning into an emotional rollercoaster for so many clubs. With three teams fighting for the last automatic promotion spot, three aiming for the play-offs and eight battling against relegation, all but one of the 12 games on the night had something riding on it.Ultimately, West Bromwich Albion secured promotion despite failing to win any of their last four matches; Nottingham Forest somehow conspired to lose their seemingly secure play-off spot to Swansea; and both Charlton and Wigan (as things stand) succumbed to the drop. The winners and losers of the final day are painstakingly obvious, but what about the season as a whole? Related: Leeds defend bus parade as Liverpool criticise fans who went to Collapse
I want total commitment': Neil Warnock plots Boro's escape plan
26/06/2020 - The 71-year old manager has eight games to save Middlesbrough from the drop into League OneNeil Expand
26/06/2020 - The 71-year old manager has eight games to save Middlesbrough from the drop into League OneNeil Warnock does not take long to identify a rare benefit of football’s surreal new existence. “The plus of playing behind closed doors is that players will be able to hear me shouting from the touchline,” says Middlesbrough’s new manager. “We’ve probably not got many leaders in the dressing room, so it has advantages.”Given that Warnock is noted for an ability to project invariably forthright, often expletive‑punctuated, technical area instructions above the noisiest of crowds, his latest squad could be in for a culture shock at Stoke on Saturday. Related: Juninho, Ravanelli, Emerson … Middlesbrough's exotic past reborn | Louise Taylor Related: Bowyer and Woodgate set friendship aside for relegation showdown Continue reading... Collapse
Bowyer and Woodgate set friendship aside for relegation showdown
06/03/2020 - Managers of Charlton and Middlesbrough have a long history and meet on Saturday battling to stay Expand
06/03/2020 - Managers of Charlton and Middlesbrough have a long history and meet on Saturday battling to stay in ChampionshipJonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer planned to talk on the telephone during the 48 hours preceding Saturday’s match at The Valley.In one sense there is nothing unexpected about that – the former Leeds United teammates turned fledgling Championship managers are good friends and in frequent contact – but it is still a little unusual for two managers locked in a relegation skirmish to be in touch so close to such a potentially season-defining fixture. Related: I know the benefits of playing abroad – and so do others such as Jadon Sancho | Eni Aluko Continue reading... Collapse
Nottingham Forest crash at home to Charlton and miss out on top-two spot
11/02/2020 - • Lyle Taylor volley offers timely lift for Lee Bowyer’s men• Blackburn climb to eighth with late Expand
11/02/2020 - • Lyle Taylor volley offers timely lift for Lee Bowyer’s men• Blackburn climb to eighth with late win over HullCharlton boosted their fight against relegation with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over high-flying Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.Sabri Lamouchi’s side came into the game on a high, having enhanced their promotion credentials with a 2-0 win over Leeds and needing a win to reach the automatic places. But a team that included five changes – probably made with Saturday’s trip to West Bromwich in mind – toiled to turn things around after Lyle Taylor put Charlton ahead in the 24th minute. Continue reading... Collapse
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Middlesbrough: FA Cup third-round replay – as it happened
14/01/2020 - FA Cup updates from the replay kicking off at 8.05pm GMTLive scoreboard: the latest from tonight’s Expand
14/01/2020 - FA Cup updates from the replay kicking off at 8.05pm GMTLive scoreboard: the latest from tonight’s matchesAnd you can email Barry here or tweet him here 10.08pm GMT 10.07pm GMT Japhet Tanganga has been speaking to BBC Sport and he seems like a nice young man. “We had chances to kill the game but obviously you’re not always going to score but we had to defend well,” said TOttenham’s man of the match. “It was a sloppy goal we shouldn’t have conceded it. We made it hard for ourselves.” On first couple of appearances in Tottenham’s first team, he had this to say: “I’m just grateful that the gaffer is trusting me, the club for giving me the opportunity and my team-mates for trusting me,” he says. “I’m ready for whenever the manager picks me. I’m loving it, the opportunity to play in this stadium and in front of these fans.” 10.05pm GMT Elsewhere in the FA Cup: Blackpool entertained Reading but went down 2-0 at Bloomfield Road. Coventry City from League One scored three without reply in Collapse
West Ham agree to sign Darren Randolph from Middlesbrough for £4m
06/01/2020 - Goalkeeper keen to return to Premier League clubMore talks due with Benfica over Gedson Expand
06/01/2020 - Goalkeeper keen to return to Premier League clubMore talks due with Benfica over Gedson FernandesWest Ham have agreed a deal to sign Darren Randolph from Middlesbrough for £4m and the transfer is expected to proceed smoothly with the goalkeeper keen to rejoin the Premier League club.Randolph spent two seasons at West Ham before moving to Middlesbrough for £5m in 2017 and is wanted as experienced cover for Lukasz Fabianski. He would not be immediately available, though, because he is around 10 days from being fit to return from a thigh injury. Related: Pablo Zabaleta goal breaks Gillingham resistance as West Ham progress Continue reading... Collapse
Lucas Moura salvages replay for Tottenham to deny Middlesbrough
05/01/2020 - Tottenham Hotspur have not won a trophy since Jonathan Woodgate headed the decisive goal in the Expand
05/01/2020 - Tottenham Hotspur have not won a trophy since Jonathan Woodgate headed the decisive goal in the 2008 League Cup final against Chelsea.Almost 12 years on Woodgate has re-invented himself as a young manager of considerable promise whose Middlesbrough side ensured that if José Mourinho’s Spurs class of 2020 are to win this season’s FA Cup they will have to do it the hard way. Related: Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds will not risk promotion target at Arsenal Related: Just a minute: why mental health is worth delaying FA Cup ties for | Barry Glendenning Continue reading... Collapse
FA Cup third round: 10 things to look out for this weekend
02/01/2020 - Minamino’s Merseyside derby baptism, Woodgate’s Tottenham reunion and non-league Fylde take on Expand
02/01/2020 - Minamino’s Merseyside derby baptism, Woodgate’s Tottenham reunion and non-league Fylde take on Sheffield UnitedConsidering they have been fairly regular visitors over the years, Derby’s record at Selhurst Park is pretty miserable. Indeed in their past 15 trips – a run stretching back to 1983 – they’ve won only once. That victory came in 2002 when Georgi Kinkladze scored the only goal of the game. A big-name big-money player past his peak helping the Rams to an unlikely win in south London? You might be able to spot where this is going. Wayne Rooney made his playing return to English football on Thursday night and played a full 90 minutes in the 2-1 defeat of Barnsley in which his free-kick supplied Jack Marriott’s opening goal. Two games in four days might be aa stretch for a 34-year-old who had not played since October but he could prove quite the talisman: while Derby’s record at Selhurst is poor, Rooney’s is not – he has never been on the losing side at the ground. JA Related: Collapse
Championship roundup: Brownhill’s Bristol City late show sinks Charlton
23/10/2019 - • Josh Brownhill sends 10-man Bristol City fourth in stoppage time• Aleksandar Mitrovic scores Expand
23/10/2019 - • Josh Brownhill sends 10-man Bristol City fourth in stoppage time• Aleksandar Mitrovic scores hat-trick as Fulham beat Luton 3-2Bristol City came from behind to beat Charlton 2-1 thanks to a Josh Brownhill stoppage-time winner in a thriller at Ashton Gate. The midfielder raced on to a long ball through the middle before firing past Dillon Phillips in the eighth minute of added time. The win moves Lee Johnson’s side fourth.Charlton had taken a 65th-minute lead when Macauley Bonne coolly slotted into an empty net. Substitute Famara Diedhiou levelled 10 minutes later, but he was then shown an 86th-minute red card. Continue reading... Collapse
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Malik Wilks strikes late as Hull leapfrog Middlesbrough and out of bottom three
02/07/2020 - Ninety one minutes had passed when Mallik Wilks’s goal secured Hull’s first Championship win since Expand
02/07/2020 - Ninety one minutes had passed when Mallik Wilks’s goal secured Hull’s first Championship win since New Year’s Day to offer Grant McCann’s side a hitherto unexpected lifeline.Although Hull remain in acute peril, they succeeded in leap-frogging Neil Warnock’s Middlesbrough to rise to 19th at the end of an evening that emphasised precisely how far and how fast these clubs have fallen. Related: Brutal and bizarre: the story of how Wigan collapsed into administration | David Conn Related: West Ham stun Chelsea and racial bias in commentary – Football Weekly Continue reading... Collapse
Taking on Middlesbrough challenge was 'no-brainer', says Neil Warnock
23/06/2020 - 71-year-old manager replaces Jonathan Woodgate at RiversideWoodgate pays price for team’s slump Expand
23/06/2020 - 71-year-old manager replaces Jonathan Woodgate at RiversideWoodgate pays price for team’s slump towards relegation zoneNeil Warnock has described his decision to take charge at relegation-threatened Middlesbrough as a “no-brainer” after replacing Jonathan Woodgate on Tuesday.The much-travelled 71-year-old met his new squad before presiding over training. Warnock’s first Championship game will be at Stoke on Saturday before a trip to Hull next Thursday. Related: Cardiff's Junior Hoilett and Robert Glatzel dent Leeds' promotion hopes Continue reading... Collapse
Lewis Grabban rescues point for Nottingham Forest at Middlesbrough
02/03/2020 - Lewis Grabban’s 17th goal of the season rescued a draw for promotion-chasing Nottingham Forest at Expand
02/03/2020 - Lewis Grabban’s 17th goal of the season rescued a draw for promotion-chasing Nottingham Forest at struggling Middlesbrough. Grabban equalised with four minutes remaining despite claims from Boro that the striker had fouled the goalkeeper, Aynsley Pears.Boro had appeared on course to move out of the Championship bottom three with a first win in 10 games after responding to Ryan Yates’s opening goal with two goals in four minutes through Rudy Gestede and Lewis Wing. Related: Football League: Leaders West Brom slump against Wigan after Leeds win Continue reading... Collapse
Why Premier League clubs are turning to an Australian bank in big numbers
11/02/2020 - Teams in England’s top two divisions are taking sizeable loans from Macquarie, at times mortgaged Expand
11/02/2020 - Teams in England’s top two divisions are taking sizeable loans from Macquarie, at times mortgaged against future TV earningsIt was once dubbed the “vampire kangaroo” and accused of “feasting on Britain’s creaking infrastructure” after investing in companies such as Thames Water and avoiding tax through a legal but controversial web of subsidiaries in Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands. But Macquarie Group Limited is a growing influence on English football, underlined on one day in January by Leicester and Wolves extending sizeable loans with the Australian investment bank that are mortgaged against future TV earnings.Now with a portfolio that also includes Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough, Sheffield United, Southampton, Swansea City, Watford, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers, a company estimated to manage almost £288bn worth of assets has emerged as the second-biggest lender behind Barclays Bank in an industry where owners continue to chase the dream. Since Collapse
Lo Celso and Lamela set Spurs on their way to victory over Middlesbrough
14/01/2020 - Tottenham’s FA Cup history owes a debt to Argentinian players, with José Mourinho saying that he Expand
14/01/2020 - Tottenham’s FA Cup history owes a debt to Argentinian players, with José Mourinho saying that he can remember watching Ricky Villa’s famous winner in the replayed 1981 final against Manchester City on TV as a teenager in Portugal.The stakes were rather lower in this third round replay against Championship opposition but Mourinho could be grateful to a pair of Argentinians for making the difference and helping to set up a trip to Southampton in the next round on Saturday week. Related: Tottenham Hotspur v Middlesbrough: FA Cup third-round replay – live! Continue reading... Collapse
The Dozen: mullets and misses – the best photos from the FA Cup this weekend
05/01/2020 - Our picture editors choose their favourite 3rd round images from around the grounds Continue Expand
05/01/2020 - Our picture editors choose their favourite 3rd round images from around the grounds Continue reading... Collapse
‘Cups are what dreams are made of’: Woodgate relishing Mourinho test
03/01/2020 - Former England defender had a difficult start to life as a manager this season but a recent upturn Expand
03/01/2020 - Former England defender had a difficult start to life as a manager this season but a recent upturn in results has Boro in buoyant mood for Sunday’s FA Cup tieJonathan Woodgate stands outside the room, eyes glued to the digital clock on his mobile phone.The instant the display flicks to 2pm he reaches for the door handle, takes a deep breath and prepares to address Middlesbrough’s weekly media conference; as always he is bang on time. Punctuality matters to a manager particularly hot on a set of “standards” embracing smartness (matching black shoes and belts are de rigueur with club suits), dinner table etiquette and all‑round good manners. Related: FA Cup third round: 10 things to look out for this weekend Related: FA Cup third round: match previews Continue reading... Collapse
Leeds United on top of Championship after hitting Middlesbrough for four
30/11/2019 - • Mateusz Klich scores a goal in each half for Leeds• Jonathan Woodgate: ‘Leeds are best in Expand
30/11/2019 - • Mateusz Klich scores a goal in each half for Leeds• Jonathan Woodgate: ‘Leeds are best in Championship’Jonathan Woodgate has no doubts that Leeds are the best team in the Championship. The former Leeds defender saw his Middlesbrough side outclassed at Elland Road.Two goals from Mateusz Klich and one each from Patrick Bamford and Hélder Costa sealed a fifth straight win for Leeds, who returned to the top of the league – albeit until West Brom visit Preston on Monday. Related: Euro 2020 draw: England in group with Croatia while Wales will face Italy Continue reading... Collapse
Hal Robson-Kanu strikes late against Middlesbrough to put West Brom top
19/10/2019 - A little over an hour had passed, the rain was unrelenting and West Bromwich uninspired when a Expand
19/10/2019 - A little over an hour had passed, the rain was unrelenting and West Bromwich uninspired when a clearly agitated Slaven Bilic liberated Hal Robson-Kanu and Kyle Edwards from the bench.Thirty minutes later the clouds were lifting, Edwards had created the decisive goal for Robson-Kanu and the visiting fans were singing “We’re top of the league.” West Brom’s first win on Teesside in 10 years had done more than just leave Bilic’s side two points clear of second placed Leeds though; in consigning Middlesbrough to a fourth defeat in a run of five games which have seen Jonathan Woodgate’s team collect a solitary point they raised all sorts of awkward questions about the former England defender’s powers of defensive organisation. Continue reading... Collapse
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Neil Warnock makes instant impact as Middlesbrough beat Stoke
27/06/2020 - Neil Warnock had the immediate effect Steve Gibson hoped for when Middlesbrough’s owner sacked Expand
27/06/2020 - Neil Warnock had the immediate effect Steve Gibson hoped for when Middlesbrough’s owner sacked Jonathan Woodgate on Tuesday and replaced him with a 71-year-old who is correctly billed as a Championship specialist. Warnock’s expertise was hired to try to avert relegation and, after this convincing win over a muted Stoke, Boro are two points clear of danger with seven matches left.City, though, drop to 20th and trail Boro by a place and a point, thanks to a goal in each half, one from Ashley Fletcher and the other by Marcus Tavernier. To make matters worse for Stoke, who travel to Wigan on Tuesday, they had Nick Powell sent off a minute from time. Related: Taking on Middlesbrough challenge was 'no-brainer', says Neil Warnock Continue reading... Collapse
Juninho, Ravanelli, Emerson … Middlesbrough's exotic past reborn | Louise Taylor
06/05/2020 - Charity match for victims of Covid-19 promises to be a wonderful wallow in nostalgia for Boro Expand
06/05/2020 - Charity match for victims of Covid-19 promises to be a wonderful wallow in nostalgia for Boro fansAnthems are invariably repetitive but the paean celebrating Middlesbrough’s journey to the 2006 Uefa Cup final took things to extremes. “Small town in Europe, we’re just a small town in Europe,” Teessiders chorused on the road to Eindhoven and defeat against Sevilla.The limited lyrics failed to prevent those seven words becoming an evocative, now rather poignant, soundtrack to the season when Gareth Southgate, Stewart Downing and the rest of Steve McClaren’s team annotated the town’s place on football’s European map. Related: Celebrating the great inventors who changed football forever Related: David Squires on … the Premier League and Project Restart Continue reading... Collapse
Mateusz Klich sinks Middlesbrough and gives Leeds breathing space
26/02/2020 - By the final whistle Marcelo Bielsa’s smile was as bright as the stars shimmering in the cold, Expand
26/02/2020 - By the final whistle Marcelo Bielsa’s smile was as bright as the stars shimmering in the cold, clear night sky above Teesside. Leeds United’s manager had not merely seen his second-placed side put a decent chink of daylight between themselves and the Championship’s chasing pack, but he had proof that they can cope without their talismanic midfield enforcer Kalvin Phillips after all.If Leeds look set for automatic promotion, one of their former players could be heading in the opposite direction. Mateusz Klich’s decisive goal left Jonathan Woodgate’s Middlesbrough deep in relegation trouble at the end of an evening in which they, creditably, refused to fold but were distinctly second best. Continue reading... Collapse
West Ham to sign Darren Randolph after goalkeeper passes crucial medical
15/01/2020 - Middlesbrough keeper needed extra check on thigh injuryHammers urgently require cover for injured Expand
15/01/2020 - Middlesbrough keeper needed extra check on thigh injuryHammers urgently require cover for injured Lukasz FabianskiWest Ham are set to complete the £4m signing of Middlesbrough’s Darren Randolph after the goalkeeper passed further medical checks on the thigh injury that threatened to scupper the deal.Randolph has not played since 24 November and West Ham, who are desperate to bring in cover for the injured Lukasz Fabianski, considered pulling the plug on the transfer after doubts arose during the Republic of Ireland international’s medical last week. Although Randolph is expected to be available to face Everton at the London Stadium on Sunday, West Ham were concerned about him breaking down again given the problems caused by Fabianski’s injury problems. Related: Football transfer rumours: Arsenal in for James Maddison and John Stones? Continue reading... Collapse
Injury puts West Ham’s £4m move for goalkeeper Darren Randolph on hold
08/01/2020 - •Republic of Ireland international has yet to pass a medical• Club seek cover for Lukasz Fabianski Expand
08/01/2020 - •Republic of Ireland international has yet to pass a medical• Club seek cover for Lukasz Fabianski in January windowDarren Randolph’s £4m move to West Ham has been delayed so that further checks can be done on a thigh injury that has kept the Middlesbrough goalkeeper out in recent weeks.West Ham still anticipate making Randolph their first signing of the January transfer window but the Republic of Ireland international is yet to pass a medical and the deal is on hold for the time being. Continue reading... Collapse
Middlesbrough 1-1 Tottenham: FA Cup third round – as it happened
05/01/2020 - José Mourinho’s men face a replay after a well organised Boro team earned a deserved draw at the Expand
05/01/2020 - José Mourinho’s men face a replay after a well organised Boro team earned a deserved draw at the Riverside 4.14pm GMT Here’s Louise Taylor’s match report: Related: Lucas Moura salvages replay for Tottenham to deny Middlesbrough 4.12pm GMT José Mourinho speaks: “It was a frustrating afternoon but we were losing against a team who defends with a lot of soul and a lot of bodies and us without a target man who we could organise behind. We were the team who had the chances and we missed an easy last ball and we should win it. But we survived and we have to play again at home. In a game where for 90 minutes they had one dangerous situation the game is under control but that’s what it was. The great thing was the way everyone reacted and the boys on the pitch reacted. Then we took risks and we created so many chances in the past 10 minutes but we could only draw.” 4.08pm GMT Jonathan Woodgate speaks: “[Spurs] are a top, top team. In a Champions League final last season. We had to hang Collapse
Tottenham’s Harry Kane set to be out until March with torn hamstring
03/01/2020 - • Scans reveal serious problem for England captain• Spurs have no specialist senior replacement Expand
03/01/2020 - • Scans reveal serious problem for England captain• Spurs have no specialist senior replacement for strikerHarry Kane is not expected to return to action before March, as scans on his injured hamstring have revealed a serious tear. The Tottenham striker limped off during his team’s 1-0 New Year’s Day defeat at Southampton and José Mourinho, the manager, made it clear on Friday lunchtime that he had started to plan for a number of weeks without him.The club are wary of putting a public timeframe on Kane’s absence, partly because they know that he is a quick healer, who has usually returned ahead of schedule from previous injuries. There are also further checks that need to be made. But the bottom line is that the prognosis from the scans and tests so far is grim. Related: José Mourinho calls Southampton coach ‘an idiot’ and attacks VAR power Continue reading... Collapse
Championship: West Brom back on top as lowly Middlesbrough get rare win
27/11/2019 - • Kieran Gibbs opens scoring for WBA in 4-1 win over Bristol City• Jonathan Woodgate’s Expand
27/11/2019 - • Kieran Gibbs opens scoring for WBA in 4-1 win over Bristol City• Jonathan Woodgate’s Middlesbrough out of relegation zoneWest Brom moved back to the top of the Championship with a 4-1 victory over Bristol City at The Hawthorns. Grady Diangana was the key man for Slaven Bilic’s side, setting up Kieran Gibbs to open the scoring on 10 minutes with a smart back-heel and then being brought down on the edge of the area five minutes from half-time.Matheus Pereira took full advantage of the free-kick, curling a left-footed strike over the wall and into the top corner. Famara Diédhiou pulled a goal back for the visitors 10 minutes from time after West Brom failed to clear a corner, but Hal Robson-Kanu made it 3-1 just two minutes later and the substitute Charlie Austin completed the scoring in the 87th minute. Related: Dejan Lovren’s header rescues point for Liverpool against Napoli Related: Daniel Wass’s freak goal earns Valencia deserved draw with Chelsea Continue reading... Collapse
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