A Tale of Two Halves: The 20/21 Season
It wasn’t very surprising when Neil Warnock chose to praise Boris Johnson in a press conference over the weekend. They share some things in common. Both men divide the nation…
Tag: Football
365 Days Later
If anything can sum up the past twelve months, it’s the last goal that was conceded in front of a crowd that wasn’t socially distanced at the Riverside Stadium. In…
Typical Boro or Middling Middlesbrough?
Everything about Tuesday’s defeat to Bristol City screamed Typical Boro. As Famara Diedhiou, heavily linked with a move to Teesside in January, headed in the first Bristol goal in five…
A Point to Prove
It wasn’t a dream. Middlesbrough Football Club are going to be able to play more than one direct, pacy attacker at a time on the flanks for the first time…
Adam Clayton, Baby
On the face of it, Adam Clayton looks like he’d be a bit of a dickhead. He looks like a stereotypical footballer with his customary sleeve tattoo, attention seeking beard,…
12 Days of Erimus: Dear Santa
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Sort of. Maybe. It’s definitely still December even if the current climate has dampened your festive spirits and it must be Christmas…
I Miss Football
Surreal is a word that gets thrown around quite liberally or at least it used to. Things were “a bit surreal” because someone you vaguely knew had an awkward encounter…
He’s Magic, You Know
In 1978, The Buzzcocks released their most famous song “Ever Fallen In Love” (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve), detailing lead singer Pete Shelley’s infatuation with his housemate Francis Cookson. On May…
