Boro v Stoke City match league cup thread

[erimus74]

                                    Let's enjoy another cup run

A bit of our league cup history

3/10/1960 - The league cup was formed back in 1960 when Cardiff City were our opponents in a first-round cup tie at Ayresome Park. Unfortunately, Boro lost this game 4-3 with Brian Clogh credited with our first league cup goal. 
13/9/1961 - We had to wait another 12 months to record our first ever league cup win when we travelled to Tranmere Rovers in a first round fixture coming away with a 6-3 win, Alan Peacock scoring our first ever league cup hat trick

Gordon Jones made his debut in our first ever league cup tie & becoming our first league cup debutant which today with Boro lad Sol Brynn becoming the clubs 72nd league cup debutants

4/10/1961 - 5 hat trick league cup golascorers in total with Alan Peacock scoring the clubs first ever league cup hat rick when we won away at 3-1 Crewe Alex.
22/9/1967 - John Hickton scored our 2nd HT with a 4-1 home win over Barnsley
27/9/1994 - Paul Wilkinson scored our 3rd league cup HT in a 4-1 home win over Scarborough
26/9/2000 - Hamilton Ricard scored our 4th league cup HT in a 3-1 away win over Macclesfield Town
9/8/2011 - Marvin Emnes scored our 5th & last for now league cup HT in a 3-0 away win over Walsall

Two Boro players have bagged 4 goals in a second-round league cup fixture

21/9/1993 - Craig Hignett scored 4 in a 5-0 first leg win over Brighton

18/9/1996 - Our biggest 2nd round league cup win was 7-0 v Hereford with 4 goals from Ravanelli, one a penalty, with Flemming, Branco & a Emerson screamer, starting the scoring

11/10/1967 - John Hickton scored our first ever league cup penalty when he scored in a 3-2 defeat at Blackburn Rovers

Winners in 2004 we have played 5 league cup semi-finals along the way, winning two 


After going all the way to the semi-finals last season & IMHO, we lost out big time due to the number of injuries & players missing that we failed to not only put up a fight to reach the final, but got a right thumping to boot

Discounting the second leg away to Chelsea, Michael Carricks first/second string teams have carried on in the league cup progress from last season with a thoroughly convincing thumping of Leeds at Elland Road & awarded a home draw against fellow Championship opponents Stoke City

This is the 3rd time we have faced Stoke City, first division club (now PL) back then in a league cup fixture, back in October 1973, drawing a 3rd round cup tie 1-1 at Victoria Park, losing the replay 2-1 after extra time at Ayresome Park

This is the first time we have been drawn at home in the league cup, excluding the Chelsea game last season with that been two legs, was 2022 with Barnsley coming to the Riverside & winning 1-0

We have to go back to the previous season, August 2020 for the last time we were drawn at home & won, when beating Shrewsbury Town 4-3


This will be our 34th second round league cup fixture, consisting of 18 two legged cup ties within that number   

Winning 21, drawing 6, losing 6, goals for 68, goals against 26

[teamboro]

Brilliant writing again Erimus I'm not really bothered by cup runs I see them as a distraction to the league but our recent form we could do with a win

1-0 Mighty Reds
  

[RiversideRifle]

2-2 boro on pens

[Hound]

Agree it's a distraction already that we could do without,
2-1 Stoke

[erimus74]

Be happy if we progress on tuesday evening

We've failed to beat them twice under Carrick at the Riverside, hopefully 3rd time lucky

[Clem Fandango]

2-0 to the Mighty Boro.
 

[Redsteel (Moderator)]

2-1 Boro.

Is the game on tv tonight?

[Nosmo-King]

2-1 Stoke - bit of a bogey side for us.......

[Nosmo-King]

9 changes in the line up! Clarke and Ayling the only two from Saturday

[Nosmo-King]

Really surprised Conway isn't in the starting line up. Strange one is this call

[Nosmo-King]

2-1 Boro.

Is the game on tv tonight?

Sky + is covering the game.

[In With the Lurpak]

4 - 2 Boro in a goal fest

[Nosmo-King]

Pathetic defending. 1-0.

[ZiEgE]

2-1 Boro.

Is the game on tv tonight?

Sky + is covering the game.

It's laggy shyte. Buffering all the time.

[ZiEgE]

Finch looking like a fish out of water

[Gingerpig]

sky plus has been shite since they started it ...laggy ,buffers , out of sync


That aside we have created enough chances now to have won it !!!

[ZiEgE]

Clean through on goal twice, both chances fluffed.

[Redsteel (Moderator)]

Shite this, but making so many changes, it is no wonder.

[ZiEgE]

Ah well...

[ZiEgE]

Oh dear oh dear

[Hound]

Game set and Tony Hatch

[Eastcoastred]

Carricks team selection says he's not interested in this competition,,

[Redsteel (Moderator)]

Totally fucked this game has carrick. It's worrying the trend since the Leeds win.

[ZiEgE]

Embarrassing now

[Hound]

Carricks team selection says he's not interested in this competition,,

Good,
It was a distraction last year, or was it the year before 🤔