Boro v Swansea match thread

[erimus74]

                                          BEST WISHES MOGGA

Since our away defeat away at Stoke on the 2nd March we've now gone 6 games unbeaten, winning 4 & drawing 2, scoring 9 & conceding 2, with only one goal conceded in the last 5 games, which came in a bit a mix up away to Southampton when our, ever-reliable Johnny Howson, miss kicked his clearance in our penalty with the resulting ball falling to the Saints striker Armstrong who placed a good strike past Dieng, as the game progressed we hung in there & in the end got our just rewards
A few days later Championship strugglers Sheff Weds were our visitors who, let's be honest, were awful, the worst team to visit the Riverside this season & on that performance deservedly in the bottom 3, with hardly any opposition the Boro controlled the game but our attacks falling down in & around their penalty area as we recorded a rare comfortable home win & once again drag us Boro fans back into thinking that the season isn't over & can we actually have any hope of catching 6th place Norwich, we all know for a fact it'll end up in tears & we'll end up thinking, "if only", what's it they say, "it's the hope that kills you"
Mind the ref was shocking though

Some really good performances against Wednesday which will most likely see the same team against Swansea, though for me I would like to see Engle start ahead of Thomas & a first for me, keep Greenwood in the starting eleven following his second half performance, maybe it was a one off, we'll see

It could be a reversal of last season, 12 months ago we were guaranteed a playoff place then all of a sudden, a few players falling by the wayside at such a critical period in our season, this season with us looking like the playoff push could be back on players are starting to return with, dare I say it, making the bench maybe, Hackney, VDB, Bangura, Fry??

Boro are in 9th place 2 points off 7th & 6th points off 6th, with a plus 3 GD, Swansea sit in 15th place with a minus 11GD

Coventry & Preston two teams between us & 6th have one point & two points more than the Boro, though both teams have a game in hand with Coventry having a tough run-in, regardless of a small semifinal coming up, play Leeds at home on Saturday, with Preston away to Watford, while 6th placed Norwich home to their rivals Ipswich with an early kick off , come full time on Saturday we could be sitting in 7th place  & our points gap could be down to 3 points (ahhhhh, those dropped points v Rotherham this season), though we need a goal swing of 11 to have any chance of overtaking Norwich if we draw level on points
But its Swansea first & Boro have to win the game to hopefully put ourselves in a good position for the final run-in


23/01/1935 - 1st home game against Swansea City (Town back then) was a 3-0 defeat at Ayresome Park
 
It will be the 27th game between both teams on Teesside with the following record:
Won - 16
Drew - 5
Lost - 5
Goals scored - 62
Goals against - 30


A couple of big home wins v Swansea over the years
18/12/1926 - 7-1
9/3/1957 - 6-2
21/3/1959 - 6-2

17th January 1995 – FAC 3rd round replay
Boro 1 Swansea City 2
Our last ever cup opponents at Ayresome Park


Home debuts/last appearances v Swansea
9/3/1929 - Frederick Kennedy made his final appearance before moving to Reading in Maydrew 0-0
26/2/1944 - Bill Robertson made his debut after joining as a junior won 4-2
19/3/1960 - Donald Walker made his debut after moving from Leicester City in October 1959 won 2-0
10/2/1962 - Edwin Holliday made his last appearance before moving to Sheffield Wednesday in March but returned in June 1965 lost 3-1
20/6/2020 – Jonathan Woodgates final game in charge – lost 3-0
27/8/2022 Matthew Clarke signed from Brighton & Rodrigo Muniz loaned from Fulham won 2-1


4 x goal home scorers v Swansea over the years
19th December 1936 - George Camsell became the 5th different Boro player & the 7th time in our history when he scored 4 goals for the mighty Boro in a competitive match in a 7-1 home win
George Camsell scored four goals in one game 9 times, the Swansea been his 3rd time
21st March 1959 - Brian Clough became the 11th different Boro player & the 23rd time in our history when he scored 4 goals for the mighty Boro in a competitive match in a 6-2 home win
Brian Clough scored four goals in one game 5 times, the Swansea been his 4 time


2 home penalties v Swansea
21st March 1959 - (2nd division) Bill Harris became the 36th different Boro penalty goalscorer when he scored the clubs 121st home penalty in a 6-2 win
13th February 1982 – (1st division now PL) Tony McAndrew scored our 181st home penalty in a 1-1 draw
17th December 2016 - (PL) Negrado became the 88th different Boro penalty goalscorer when he scored the clubs 255th home penalty in a 3-0 win


Played for both team
Bill Harris - March 1954 our record signing at one time & penalty expert - £18k
Mel Nurse - September 1962 our record signing at the time - £25k
Mel started finished his football league career at Swansea Town & finished his career at Swansea City
Phil Boeasma - December 1975 our record signing at one time - £72.5k
John Mahoney - August 1977 John Neal 1st signing & our record signing at one time - £92k
Dimi - Just the one game for Swansea
Leroy Lita
Marvin Emnes
Danny Graham - 63rd loaned player - Loaned from Sunderland - Returne 2nd spell - 41st at the Riverside
Kyle Naughton - 45th loaned player - Loaned from Spurs - 23rd at the Riverside
Josh McEchran 55th loaned player - Loaned from Chelsea - 33rd at the Riverside
Loaned from Swansea City
2015 - Dwight Tiendalli, 2 games, 72nd loaned player - Loaned from Swansea - 51st at the Riverside
2017 - Connor Roberts 4 games - 43rd league cup debutant - 84th loaned player - Loaned from Swansea - 51st at the Riverside - Contract cancelled


After signing for Boro within a week of joining, he was made captain
During a night out in his time at Boro, Mel Nurse was once mistaken for train robber Ronnie Biggs. He was pulled over by police & questioned before his real identity was established

[AtomicDog]

You know what Mr Erimus Eric Paylor could never be you and that Clown Vickers, the least said.

If there's one Man My hometown club should employ, tell the fans in writing what they want to read, it's you.

You're up there with Terry Cochrane's overhead kick.

Enough of the plaudits, might just mange a 20-0 here

🐾

[AtomicDog]

Just for you

Mr Erimus

🐾

[teamboro]

Great write up again Erimus and I couldn't agree more Atomic Dog our attack was very lacking on Monday Lath needs support and hopefully Jonny can move back into midfield injury's returning depending

Mighty Reds 0-0 Swansea

[LIDDLE_TOWERS999]

BORO 🦁 LIONS 2 SWANS 🦢 1


LATH
JONES

💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[Johnny Thunder]

1-3

[erimus74]

You know what Mr Erimus Eric Paylor could never be you and that Clown Vickers, the least said.

If there's one Man My hometown club should employ, tell the fans in writing what they want to read, it's you.

You're up there with Terry Cochrane's overhead kick.

Enough of the plaudits, might just mange a 20-0 here

🐾

Cheers AD, TC is a Boro legend & that overhead kick will go down in Boro folklore

[erimus74]

Just for you

Mr Erimus

🐾

😁

Again, another season that promised so, so much

[erimus74]

Great write up again Erimus and I couldn't agree more Atomic Dog our attack was very lacking on Monday Lath needs support and hopefully Jonny can move back into midfield injury's returning depending

Mighty Reds 0-0 Swansea

Cheers teamboro, we need AD's prediction to drag our GD above Norwich's IF we draw level after beating Hull

[Blott]

Great write up again.

When we win, I know, get a grip. I will be thinking maybe.


It never ends.

[Francks left peg]

Wouldn't have had a clue who the player on the programme was if the caption Maxi Haas wasn't there. Totally terrible signing!

2-1 to the Boro.

[tunstall]

Wouldn't have had a clue who the player on the programme was if the caption Maxi Haas wasn't there. Totally terrible signing!

2-1 to the Boro.

Never heard of the cunt

[RiversideRifle]

Another clean sheet and win

1-0 the burra

Lath is riverside rifles first goal scorer

25/1 at sky

[Smoggers51]

Another great write up Erimus , Love the little snippet about Mel Nurse 👍Think we are good enough to beat Swansea 2-0 👍

[erimus74]

Another great write up Erimus , Love the little snippet about Mel Nurse 👍Think we are good enough to beat Swansea 2-0 👍

Cheers Smoggers51

Yea Mel Nurse, its a good un isnt it?

[Smoggers51]

Rifle the best odds I can find on Lath is 5-1 and that's with Sky.

[Nosmo-King]

2-0 to us! Lids, stay where you are- the weathers crap!!

[RiversideRifle]

Rifle the best odds I can find on Lath is 5-1 and that's with Sky.

Go to scorecast and set it to 1-0
And latte lath

[Smoggers51]

Cheers Rifle .Good odds them,took that bet 👍

[RiversideRifle]

Cheers Rifle .Good odds them,took that bet 👍

Stuck a skydiver on it 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[erimus74]

C'mon Boro!

[erimus74]

This time tomorrow night we could be excited that the playoff run is alive & kicking or, that for the umpteenth time this season, our playoff hopes are over

[LIDDLE_TOWERS999]

ID LOVE TO BE THERE BUT I WILL BE SUPPING COCKTAILS  🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸 ON THE HILTON HOTEL ROOFTOP OVERLOOKING THE BAY COME KICK OFF 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🙏🇹🇭🙏

[erimus74]

ID LOVE TO BE THERE BUT I WILL BE SUPPING COCKTAILS  🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸 ON THE HILTON HOTEL ROOFTOP OVERLOOKING THE BAY COME KICK OFF 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🙏🇹🇭🙏

Sounds good Lids, but Id rather be at the game, enjoy your cocktails mate

UTMB

[In With the Lurpak]

3 points today Boro 2 - 0 Swans