Lids reminded me the minutes silence this Saturday for Sol Bamba
What can you say about this man that hasn't been posted all over the football worlds social media since his awful passing
At the beginning of August 2021 Sol approached Neil Warnock asking if he could come to the club to gain fitness following his release from Cardiff & his life threatening illness battle with cancer, he ended his time at the Boro with fans loving the contribution he gave to our club, a leader, a gentleman
11th January 2021 Sol was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
8th May 2021 Sol played his final match for Cardiff City at home to Rotherham
20th May 2021 Sol announced he was cancer free
11th August Sol made his Boro debut in a 3-0 away defeat at Blackpool when he became our 61st league cup debutant, It showed the caliber of the man which marked his first minutes playing since recovering from cancer in May
14th August - 3 days after the Blackpool cup game Sol made his league debut in a 2-1 home win over Bristol City when manager Neil Warnock brought on Sol in the 95th minute. He had previously made a scoring debut for Cardiff against Bristol City back in 2016
He joined Neil Warnock at the Boro initially to keep fit, earned himself a contract & went onto play a pivotal role for the club that season, a gentle giant, played the game with a big, massive smile, a man mountain, a cult hero, winning the MOTM in a few games, amazing considering what he had been through that year, his level of fitness at that level was unbelievable
Sol went on to play 29 games that season, scoring his one & only Boro goal & winning a winning goal at that when he converted a spot kick in an FAC 4th round penalty shootout at Old Trafford
January 2022 - With the score at 4-4 Sol, who was brought on from the bench with minutes remaining of Boro's tie hadn't even had a kick until clutching the ball, calmly walked up to the penalty spot & with a smile & wink towards the referee he put the ball on the spot & cooly placed the ball in the corner of the net giving the Man Utd keeper no chance & the Boro went through to the next round
At the end of the season he retired from football, taking up a position at Cardiff in 2023
Boro were his 9th & final league club he played for
The football world will be sad day leading up to kick off all around the grounds as clubs & fans, pay tribute to this lovely, lovely man
RIP Sol x
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/24554781.sol-bamba-kindness-warmth-made-instant-middlesbrough-hero/
Following all the emotion of the minutes applause for Sol a football match will be played & hopefully, we give a performance worthy of his name
Real football returns after the first of 3 boring, boring international breaks this year & with it, normal kickoff time too, as we welcome Preston North End to the Riverside for a championship fixture
Slowly improving Boro, better start than last season, are just outside the playoff pack on GD in 7th place, face 4th bottom Preston, with one win & 3 defeats with a minus 6 GD
Hopefully the players on international duty return ok from their international matches & along with loanees George Edmundson & Ben Doak, Michael Carrick may have VDB, McGree available for selection too
The 1st fixture between both clubs was a 1892 FAC 2nd cup tie at Linthorpe road with Preston running out 2-1 winners
This will be the 53rd match on Teesside between both teams with the following record
Won - 30
Drew - 11
Lost - 11
Goals for - 96
Goals against - 50
Some who have represented Boro & PrestonAlf Common
Hughie Mcllmoyle
Nobby Stiles
Dave Brown – Goalkeeper
Mick Baxter
Kelhan O'Hanlon - Goalkeeepr
Gary Parkinson
Sean St Ledger (3 month loan) - 39th loaned player - Loaned from Preston, player asked for loan contract to be cancelled - 17th at the Riverside
Dave Nugent
Jordan Hugill - 88th loaned player - Loaned from West Ham - 55th at the Riverside
Sam Greenwood - 113th loaned signing - Loaned from Leeds United - 80th at the Riverside
Home debuts v Preston12/11/1904 - Craig Thomas home drew 1-1
04/04/1914 - Richard Healey home won 4-1 - Scored on debut
17/04/1921 - William Murray home won 1-0
22/12/1923 - Ian Dickson home lost 2-1
22/12/1923 - William Wainscoat home lost 2-1 - Scored on debut
16/03/1935 - Ralph Birkett away lost 2-0
02/10/1937 - Frank Nashhome won 2-1 - Our 20th GK
21/09/1946 - Alex Linwood home won 2-0
10/01/1987 - Paul Kerr home lost 1-0 - FAC 3rd round, 3rd FAC debutant
Only the one home hat tricks v Preston3rd November 1934 - Mick Fenton scored his 1st hattrick on this day when the Boro drew with Preston 3-3 at Ayresome Park, in a 1st division fixture, it was the 42nd HT at AP & 57th overall
Home penalties v Preston 21/9/1946 George Hardwick become the 30th different Boro player when he scored our 79th home penalty in a 2-0 win - First Division
22/12/1951 Linda Delapenha become the 35th different Boro player when he scored our 96th home penalty in a 5-2 defeat - First Division
10/8/1968 John Hickton become the 43rd different Boro player when he scored our 154th home penalty in a 2-1 win - Second Division
10th January 1987 - Paul Kerr, who was the club's 1st cash transfer following liquidation, made his Boro debut at home to Preston in the FAC 3rd round, we lost 1-0
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Great writing Erimus as usual
Mighty Reds 2-0 PNE
TOP STUFF GORD 👍💪👍
BORO 3 LILLYWHITES 1
LATH
LATH
CONWAY
💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
E-Man strikes again 👍👍
4-0 Azaz ⚽️⚽️⚽️
Morris ⚽️
UTB👍
3-1 to the Mighty Boro
:champs:
Remember a night match v Preston about 3, 4 years back, we were comfortably beating Preston one nil, should have been 3, 4 goals up when out of the blue an Ayala tackle just outside our box that the ref not only gave Preston a free kick but sent Ayala off, Preston then equalised & later scored a winner
Ayals sending off was later rescinded but the damage was done
I think this is the game when it really starts to come together
4-0 Boro
Bit of a mid-table battle this one and will be a dreary affair in my opinion
Boro 5 Preston 4
Quote from: TommyDickfingers on September 12, 2024, 09:24:19 AMBit of a mid-table battle this one and will be a dreary affair in my opinion
Boro 5 Preston 4
😊
Top post Eriums!
RIP Sol.
Quote from: teamboro on September 11, 2024, 07:42:33 AMGreat writing Erimus as usual
Mighty Reds 2-0 PNE
teamboro👍
Of course you do Paul, just like you did when we beat your lot at Brammel Lane, what a silly comment
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/preston-boss-paul-heckingbottom-claims-29927677?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
IF George Edmundson makes his debut today, which I think he will, with Ayling moving across & unlucky Dijksteel dropping out, he will become our registered No1023 debutant, 116th loaned signing - 83rd at the Riverside & IIRC, our 1st loanee from Ipswich Town
I HOPE WE SMASH THE LILLYWHITE TWATS JUST TOO SHUT HECKINGBOTTOM UP 💪💪💪
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this
@erimus74 thanks erimus
3 Nowt Boro.
They've lost 3 out of 4 PNE. Let's hope Boro don't dish out gifts today. 1-0 to us.
PLEASE move the ball faster, stretch them wing to wing. This is how we can get a result against block defensive targets.
Erimus, brilliant work as usual.
Quote from: Nosmo-King on September 14, 2024, 09:31:16 AMThey've lost 3 out of 4 PNE. Let's hope Boro don't dish out gifts today. 1-0 to us.
PLEASE move the ball faster, stretch them wing to wing. This is how we can get a result against block defensive targets.
Erimus, brilliant work as usual.
Cheers Nosmo-king, 👍
Burnley leading at Leeds
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Azaz on the left?
Quote from: Redsteel (Moderator) on September 14, 2024, 02:11:39 PMAzaz on the left?
AND EDMUNDSON IN FOR DJIKSTEEL WHICH FOR ME IS A MISTAKE....LOOKS LIKE AYLING MOVING TO THE OTHER WING TO ACCCOMODATE HIM 🤔
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🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
No Morris
Get in 1 up Conway :carrick1:
Conway 1-0 💪💪💪💪
TOMMY TOMMY 💪💪💪 CONWAY ⚽️
Nice finish that from Conway.
Plenty more goals in this.
:champs:
fs all that pressure and they equalise :wankers:
bugger.
Fuck 1-1
Frustrating we should be 3 up
MORE SHIT DEFENDING IN THE BOX 🙄🙄🙄
GAME SHOULD BE OVER ALREADY 😡
This is frustrating :rav:
ANOTHER GAME WE SHOULD BE WINNING 🙄
WHY HAS JONES STARTED AHEAD OF DOAK WHEN HE HAS BEEN IN AFRICA ON INTERNATIONAL DUTY...COME ON CARRICK YOU NEED TO DO YER HOMEWORK BETTER FFS....🙄
DEFFO PICKED THE WRONG TEAM TODAY CARRICK....HE STILL HAS PLENTY TO LEARN 🙄🙄🙄
AND SUBS CAN BE USED ANYTIME...YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE CLOCK HITS 70 MINS 🙄
Gone piss poor match
Piss poor result and game
1-1 feels like a loss.
UTTER DOG SHITE 💩
AT LEAST THE MACKEMS LOST AT THE DEATH 🙏
Very frustrating again today
Forget the autos. Not a chance in hell.
We're fighting for 3rd to 6th already.
But on the plus side, at least we're not fighting relegation.
Quote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 on September 14, 2024, 04:30:53 PMWHY HAS JONES STARTED AHEAD OF DOAK WHEN HE HAS BEEN IN AFRICA ON INTERNATIONAL DUTY...
Yer can't cure fucking stupid like 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Carrick sometimes frustrates me not making changes, we were crying out for fresh ideas in the second half and he didn't make a change until after 70 minutes.
Quote from: RiversideRifle on September 14, 2024, 05:08:34 PMQuote from: LIDDLE_TOWERS999 on September 14, 2024, 04:30:53 PMWHY HAS JONES STARTED AHEAD OF DOAK WHEN HE HAS BEEN IN AFRICA ON INTERNATIONAL DUTY...
Yer can't cure fucking stupid like 👍👍👍👍👍👍
OK SO HE PLAYED IN THE CARIBBEAN INSTEAD OF AFRICA WHICH IS AN EVEN LONGER FLIGHT SO EVEN MORE REASON TO BENCH HIM....
HOW IS KENYA GOING YOU UTTER WALTER MITTY RAT FACED CUNT :sid:
CARRICK NEEDS TO KNOW HIS BEST 11 AND STICK WITH IT...UNLESS INJURIES AND SUSPENSIONS HAPPEN....ALL THIS ROTATING SHIT IN LEAGUE GAMES IS BOLLOX 👎👎👎
AND IF SOMEONES NOT PERFORMING TEK THE CUNTS OFF AFTER 50 MINS...AND STOP BEING FUCKING STUBBORN 😡😡😡
IT GOT SOUTHGATE NO WHERE...TRIFLE STILL THINKS HE IS GONNA WIN US THE WORLD CUP :ray:
The ref should have been much more on top of Preston's shithousery - time wasting and fouls throughout. He could have easily sent someone off, maybe 2 and should have added a ton of time (eg 12+ minutes) at the end.
I'm still not convinced about Azaz or Hamilton.
Edmundson looked pretty good.
We'd struggle to have hand picked an easier five games to start the season with, yet particularly at home, little has improved with regards to breaking rank ordinary teams down - even with Carricks mad two defenders & four wingers set-up. And if Borges is supposed to be an upgrade on Engel, then all I can say is get well soon Alex Bangura!
Same issues as last season.
Weak minded, lazy and woeful at home to some poor sides.
Carrick was a Fanny as a player, now as a manager we are seeing it in his teams.
I think Lath looks a player that's had his head turned.
I'd give him the fist 45 minutes against the mackems and if he doesn't show up put Conway up top.
For me we've had a relatively easy hand picked 5 fixtures resulting in two wins & one defeat.
We should have been out of sight before they equalised, we had enough good chances to have had a commanding lead within the first 20/30 minutes, once our chances & pretty passing minimised & they scored then onwards we became frustrated & desperate & slow tempo passing, most teams will come here, annoy us, waste time, knowing it will have the effect then once the crowd has turned the away team start to attack us more
When we start to get on top the opposition will revert back to sportsmanship tactics & until Carrick can overcome this w'll struggle, one thing I will give Preston, when we did eventually break through they put bodies on the line, on the other hand, we must waste more time passing the ball between GK/defenders & midfield before we get to the half way line than the opposition keeper does.
For me Gilbert is ahead of Azaz, he has to be given another opportunity, he was very unlucky to lose his place after the Leeds game & at least, yesterday, brought on at HT over Azaz
The last time I can recall the opposition GK getting booked in consecutive home games against us, though it must have happened since but cant think, was back in January 1990 both against Plymouth, league then FAC
Theyre keeper got booked for two very similar fouls & IIRC the same area just outsde left hand side of the penalty atea, both games finished 0-0, we won the replay
George Edmundson our 116th loanee, 83rd at the Riverside is registerd No1023 (my stats)
He became the 5th Boro player to make his debut when wearing the No25 shirt
Juninho v Leeds
Curtis Main v Palace
Kenneth Omeruo v Doncaster
Matty Crooks v Fulham
Ben Doak our 117th loanee, 84th at the Riverside is registerd No1024 (my stats)
He became the 3rd Boro player to make his debut when wearing the No50 shirt
Fin Cartright v Huddersfield Town
Caolan Boyd Munce v Mansfield - the clubs 21st FAC debutant
Superb post Erimus. I really enjoyed looking through the Boro v Preston programmes, articles and photos.
A really lovely job Erimus.
Quote from: SteveG66 on September 15, 2024, 04:39:57 PMSuperb post Erimus. I really enjoyed looking through the Boro v Preston programmes, articles and photos.
A really lovely job Erimus.
Cheers SteveG66, 👍