Preston v Middlesbrough match thread

[erimus74]

Our poor new year form continues following our shocking first half performance against Bristol City with after only 17 minutes we found ourselves 2-0 down & totally outplayed, it didn't get any better as the half wore on & for good goalkeeping would have seen us go in 4-0 down at HT. Bristol City's manager changed tactics second half & told his players to just hold what they had, we huffed & puffed, with Bristol getting a few lucky breaks with good defending & lucky defending, then a goal that was wrongly ruled out & in the end Silveras goal, sadly should have counted, but wasn't & so up next is Preston North End for a midweek away Championship fixture, fingers crossed the right Boro turn up, take the game to Preston & get our second away league win of the year

Preston last season were our opponents when Michael Carrick made his managerial debut, when he became the Boro's 39th league manager taking his place in the away dugout, unfortunately, after taking the lead we lost 2-1 to a late goal & have been conceding silly goal ever since
I would like to see Hackney reverted back to his midfield role, with McGree starting, Forss up top, lets  see

8th March 1902 - Preston 0 Boro 3 - Our first away fixture in our first ever promotion season.

This will be our 55th away fixture at Preston with the following record
Won - 19
Drew -12
Lost - 23
Goals scored - 67
Goals against - 72


10th January 1987 - Paul Kerr, Boro's 1st cash transfer following liquidation, made his Boro home debut against Preston in the FAC 3rd round

11th November 1972, my dad took me & my younger brother to our 1st ever Boro away game when we travelled to Deepdale to watch the Boro win 1-0 with a John Hickton goal, it was Boro's 13th win away to Preston


Some who have represented Boro & Preston

Hughie Mcllmoyle
Gary Parkinson
Mick Baxter, £400k record signing at one point
Sean St Ledger (3-month loan)
Dave Nugent
Alf Common
Nobby stiles
Kelhan O'Hanlon
Dave Brown GK, both he & Pat Cuff rivalled Jim Platt for the No1 jersey, neither impressed John Neal went out & brought in Jim Stewart from Kilmarnock
Jordan Hugil

Only the one away hat trick v Preston

29th January 1927 FAC Preston 0 Boro 3 - George Camsell was the 17th different Boro HT goalscorer when he bagged all three, it was his 3d Boro HT the club's 8th FAC of which this was our 5th away HT & 43rd in total


Away debuts/final appearance v Preston

20/2/1904 - Andrew McGuigan made his debut after arriving from Liverpool in January & John Tomlin made his final Boro appearance won 3-0
13/10/1906 – Henry Tucker scored on debut lost 4-2
30/11/1907 - Alexander McCulloch goalscorer made his final appearance before moving to Newcastle United in February 1908 drew 1-1
04/04/1913 – Richard Healey won 4-1 scored on debut
17/02/1919 - Clarke Wallace lost 3-1
29/11/1913 – James Nicholl made his final appearance before moving to Liverpool this season scoring our goal in a 4-1 defeat
17/1/1920 - Wallace Clarke made his debut after moving from Durham City in the summer of 1919 lost 3-1
6/9/1920 - John Walker made his final appearance before moving to Swindon Town in 1921 lost 2-0
22/12/1923 – William Wainscoat lost 4-1 scored on debut
16/03/1935 - Ralph Birkett made his debut after moving from Arsenal this month. Sydney Jarvis made his final appearance before moving to Darlington in July 1936 lost 2-0
3/4/1937 - Raymond Parkin made his last appearance before moving to Southampton in September lost 2-0
29/01/1947 - Harold Mattinson won 1-0
15/09/1962 - Robert Hume won 1-0
05/09/2012 - Jason Leutwiler won 3-1 - Our 67th GK - 34th League cup debutant
05/09/2012 - Stuart Parnaby won 3-1 - 35th League cup debutant
09/08/2015 - Stewart Downing drew 0-0 - 2nd spell at the club
09/08/2015 - Dale Fry drew 0-0
09/08/2015 - Diego Fabrini drew 0-0 - 74th loaned player - Loaned from Watford - 52nd at the Riverside
09/08/2015 - Christian Stuani drew 0-0


Away penalties

17/9/1938 – Micky Fenton became the 27th different penalty goalscorer when he scored our 37th away penalty in a 3-1 defeat
19/9/1964 – Arthur Kaye became the 38th different penalty goalscorer when he scored our 63rd away penalty in a 4-3 defeat
1/11/1969 – John Hickton became the 43rd different penalty goalscorer when he scored our 71st away penalty in a 1-0 win

[RiversideRifle]

1-2 boro win 👍👍👍👍👍

[teamboro]

Agree Forss upfront why have a striker on the wing
Great write up again Erimus top man

2-0 Preston our poor form continues (hope I'm wrong 😁😁😁)

[LIDDLE_TOWERS999]

THE LILLYWHITES 3 BORO 0

SADLY WE HAVE BOUGHT AND LOANED PLAYERS THAT JUST ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH...LETTING CROOKS LEAVE BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON IS A JOKE....

AN E MAIL SENT OUT TELLING PEOPLE THEY HAVE TO RENEW BEFORE MARCH 15TH 😡😡😡

PISSTAKE AND PUT PRICES UP....NOTHING NEITHER IN THE E MAIL ABOUT THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT 👎👎👎

I'M AFRAID GIBBO AND HIS BAND OF HANGERS ON ARE IN FOR A SHOCK....PUT THE CLUB UP FOR SALE YOU CURLY HAIRED LITTLE TOSSER 😡😡😡

[Wee_Willie]

I fear another loss.

Selling Crooks was a mistake - should have been end of the season. He is a big bloke with a big presence even when on the bench. The season will go south from now on.

The new signing Azaz has been largely shite so far and needs to up his game, if he can.

[Francks left peg]

Hate playing Preston, particularly at there place. 0-0

[Johnny Thunder]

4-1





 

[tunstall]

Hate playing Preston, particularly at there place. 0-0

Ooooooo, Tezza is gonna love this one.....

[AtomicDog]

Could be a close game this one . . .

0-16

🐾

[erimus74]

Could be a close game this one . . .

0-16

🐾

👍😁

[Northallerton_Boro]

We will lose 2-0

Leicester will destroy us.

During this time, West Ham will sack Moyes and Carrick will decide now is the time. We will end up in 14th.

Season ticket sales will crash, we will look to sell Hackney to raise funds but ultimately not bring in what is needed. Rough times ahead i fear and im not going to slag Gibson off, he is clearly doing all he can to keep the club stable. Unfortunately, fans want promotion over everything so disappointment beckons

[erimus74]

We will lose 2-0

Leicester will destroy us.

During this time, West Ham will sack Moyes and Carrick will decide now is the time. We will end up in 14th.

Season ticket sales will crash, we will look to sell Hackney to raise funds but ultimately not bring in what is needed. Rough times ahead i fear and im not going to slag Gibson off, he is clearly doing all he can to keep the club stable. Unfortunately, fans want promotion over everything so disappointment beckons

Could believe all that apart from Carrick going to West Ham, theyre quite a few names they would consider before even thinking about Carrick

His best option is to sign an extension here

[Northallerton_Boro]

We will lose 2-0

Leicester will destroy us.

During this time, West Ham will sack Moyes and Carrick will decide now is the time. We will end up in 14th.

Season ticket sales will crash, we will look to sell Hackney to raise funds but ultimately not bring in what is needed. Rough times ahead i fear and im not going to slag Gibson off, he is clearly doing all he can to keep the club stable. Unfortunately, fans want promotion over everything so disappointment beckons

Could believe all that apart from Carrick going to West Ham, theyre quite a few names they would consider before even thinking about Carrick

His best option is to sign an extension here

I hope i am wrong and you may well be right re the West Ham job, but, i do wonder if Carrick is thinking about it. If we do no improve whilst he will have to take some of the blame it only dents his reputation which is still pretty high, especially outside the club.

I could see West Ham doing it as a way to appease the fans who lets be honest no bugger all and believe a young, exciting manager who was a class player means success.

[erimus74]

Dont get me wrong I want Carrick to stay here, I want him to keep learning here, I like him, his football, his attitude, but the bottom line is, we cant keep changing managers every other season

[Blott]

Four weeks ago everything was rosy and the doomsayers were in Thier potting sheds. Today they have their rifles out.


Always has been always will be.

[erimus74]

At present at half time Norwich, who are beating Watford 2-1 at home, have sneaked in to playoff pack, seem to come from nowhere

[erimus74]

Norwich 2win, Hull win too

[LIDDLE_TOWERS999]

TEAM TONIGHT...

DIENG
AYLING
FRY 👎😡👎
RVB
THOMAS
HACKNEY
HOWSON
AZIS
MCGREE
FORSS
GREENWOOD

FEW PLAYERS BACK....BUT STILL THINK PRESTON BE TOO GOOD AT HOME...🙄

[TerryCochranesSocks]

Hate playing Preston, particularly at there place. 0-0

Ooooooo, Tezza is gonna love this one.....

There, their, they're .. calm down

 

[LIDDLE_TOWERS999]

LOOKING AT OUR REMAINING FIXTURES I'M PREDICTING A BOTTOM 8 FINISH 🙄🙄🙄

UNLESS CARRICK STARTS MOTIVATING THE TEAM I JUST CANNOT SEE ANYOTHER OUTCOME....WE ARE WEAK AS A DEFENCE...FRY NEEDS DROPPING...WE ARE SHIPPING TOO MANY EASY GOALS AND JUST NOT SCORING ENOUGH 😡

[TerryCochranesSocks]

I'm going for an optimistic 1-2
UTFB

[LIDDLE_TOWERS999]

I'm going for an optimistic 1-2
UTFB

2 OWN GOALS TEL  ???🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

 

[tunstall]

Hate playing Preston, particularly at there place. 0-0

Ooooooo, Tezza is gonna love this one.....

There, their, they're .. calm down

 

 

[Nosmo-King]

Love a win fear a defeat

[Westlane_rightwinger]

We're doomed 3 - 1