🇫🇷 Icons: Zinedine Zidane. @robfletcher.bsky.social @themagicofthecup.bsky.social discuss the je ne sais quoi of Zizou. Listen and download ⬇️ Apple bit.ly/3oyPu89 Spotify bit.ly/3BVb3Tm Online bit.ly/3DHNfHc

Decades: 1998/99. The Treble, weird transfers and weirder kits, with @robfletcher.bsky.social and Alex Ireland. Football. Bloody hell. Listen and download ⬇️ Apple bit.ly/3oyPu89 Spotify bit.ly/3BVb3Tm Online bit.ly/3P6gHZG

Nii Lamptey 50 today Remember him? Championship Manager legend & a teenage sensation dubbed the new 'Pele' Played for a number of clubs, most notably Anderlecht, PSV, Aston Villa & Coventry City Injuries, pressure & family reasons stopped Lamptey fulfilling his potential

Young managers, sky-high ticket prices and the end of the 3pm blackout. Are we entering the second era of 21st-century football? With @robfletcher.bsky.social, @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @allbluedaze.bsky.social Apple bit.ly/3oyPu89 Spotify bit.ly/3BVb3Tm Online bit.ly/4g4CTPN

Enjoyed recording this audioboom.com/posts/861985... with @robfletcher.bsky.social Alex Ireland for @thesefootballtimes.shop

This week’s @typicalboro.bsky.social is now available with guest @robfletcher.bsky.social and @graemebandeira.bsky.social #UTB🔴⚪️👓 m.youtube.com/watch?v=F-98...

This week’s @typicalboro.bsky.social is now available with guest @robfletcher.bsky.social and @graemebandeira.bsky.social #UTB🔴⚪️👓👇🏻 m.youtube.com/watch?v=F-98...

Rob Fletcher @robfletcher.bsky.social joins us this week to discuss a Hull of a week for Boro… Listen to the latest podcast episode from 6am tomorrow! ☀️

Here we go then... the first keeper in my #BoroTeamSheetProject and it simply had to be Stephen Pears. Still need to do a few tweaks here and there but he's just about done. Absolute legend for the #Boro and all round nice guy too #Teesside #UtB

Rarely is a manager able to leave out a striker just seven days after scoring a hat-trick. It's benefiting #Boro and keeping opposition guessing. Latte Lath & Conway have 15 goals between them. Conway has the best mins per goal ratio in Champ ✍️ Analysis www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/247631...

The one we’ve all been waiting for! It’s the #Boro season. Juninho Ravanelli Emerson Relegation Two lost cup finals Man U in the rain …and 3 POINTS!! Have a listen. #UTB

Thoughts: - we need a creator in the 10 every game - the big switch worked when we used it - Conway and LL don’t link up - Borges needs to peeper the box with crosses (hello Ryan Giles in January) - Howson should be used for late game cameos only - Hamilton is worse than Silvera

So if the rumours are true it looks like there’s a few missing tonight and I’ve heard the #Boro XI is: Dibble Varga Kinder Whelan St Ledger Yeates Debeve Michael Thomas Marinelli King Freestone Going to take a lot to keep the run going but we can do it! #UTB

What do the next five years look like for Manchester United? What constitutes success? And might it be more of the same? With @robfletcher.bsky.social and Alex Ireland. Listen and download ⬇️ Apple bit.ly/3oyPu89 Spotify bit.ly/3BVb3Tm Online bit.ly/3Z2eYt0

New podcast episode just dropped 2 days early! 🚨 youtu.be/dCKKzv3jYqM?...

DO. NOT. MISS. THIS. HIGHLIGHT. PACKAGE!! Link below to watch the full highlights from Yesterday's @mfc.co.uk watch along. Things got wet... #UTB #WTN youtu.be/lt2anRkaS0Q

Best attack in the league? #Boro #UTB

Some what ifs for January: Scenario 1: stay as we are and don’t sign or sell. Scenario 2: one big sale and reinvest in 2/3 quality players Scenario 3: take the biggest offers for anyone and reinvest up to £10m What do you reckon #Boro fans? And who do you want to buy? #UTB

The 50 Best Club Teams of the Last 100 Years Before I get into my list of the best 50 club teams of the last 100 years, I wanted to lay out some of the criteria behind it.

Aaron Danks finding out he wasn’t the reason Boro couldn’t score goals. #UTB #Boro

Azeez scoring for Millwall against the Mackems to equalise in the dying minutes after an Azaz masterclass for #Boro is poetic. #UTB

Before they hosted the Boro. Oxford had conceded 5 goals at home all season. You just got Carricked. #Boro #UTB

All about these two. About £6m total spent on them. Now fully firing. Let’s have a Latte Lath hat trick second half.

Big ✅ for me

Ok, after more thought, here’s my line up prediction: Brynn Ayling Borges Edmundson Clarke Howson Barlaser Doak Azaz Burgzorg Latte Lath

With those Rav rumours about him going to Crystal Palace I think we should cash in. Take a good fee - £15m (minimum) with some add ons and invest in a couple of defenders and Poku (long term Doak replacement) from Peterborough.

#OnThisDay in 1994 George Weah scored this fantastic goal as PSG beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in the Champions League

Predicting a tough game today for Boro. Line up thoughts: - Hope Dieng is well enough to play - I think Doak and McGree will be on the bench - Latte Lath to start up front - Howson and Barlaser CMs - Forss to play 20+ minutes - Narrow Boro win by the odd goal #Boro #UTB

Decades: 1995/96. Keegan's Entertainers, winning with kids, Juninho and Gullit, with @robfletcher.bsky.social, @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and Alex Ireland. Listen and download ⬇️ Apple bit.ly/3oyPu89 Spotify bit.ly/3BVb3Tm Online bit.ly/4hZ7ZJM

🚨 | Now that our hugely popular exhibition has ended, we want to take the project to the next level. We’re looking for a permanent location, somewhere to showcase more of our huge collection of match worn shirts and other memorabilia. We have so many wonderful stories to tell. Can you help us?

Stuart Ripley #559 - the Rippers' section in the new Middlesbrough Legacy Numbers book, a comprehensive compendium of the first 1,000 #Boro players. Facts, figures, backstory, colour. Essential history at your fingertips. OUT NOW! £22. Club shop & mfc online. You know you want to.

UEFA Champions League nights: Mid-90s style.

A brief intro. I post random clips & photos from football's past. I love to interact on different football topics. I'm also working with Elton Welsby on his autobiography, which will be out VERY SOON! If you like retro football, you're in the right place!

Is football becoming too data-driven? And is the fascination with numbers turning football from an art form into a science? With @robfletcher.bsky.social. Apple bit.ly/3oyPu89 Spotify bit.ly/3BVb3Tm Online bit.ly/3CtDFGW

These boots 😍

“It’s not done and dusted yet.” Sensational from Roy Keane, this. 😂

In case you can’t access Instagram, here’s the full text of Robbie Williams’ response to former Take That manager Nigel Martin Smith’s appearance on the BBC’s “Boybands Forever” documentary. Powerful, revealing and emotional. (1/3)

A Sunday long read for you. It’s the anniversary of Graham Taylor’s last match in charge of England, and his failure to qualify for USA ‘94. But which players would have made the squad had they qualified? Here I look at the runners and riders. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 stusfootballflashbacks.com/2020/04/02/w...

www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/blood-c... We're approaching injury time for Christmas shopping. If you want to save Christmas at the last-gasp, then give the gift of The Dictatorship, The Disappeared and the World Cup. #BloodOnTheCrossbar

OK let's see how this goes. The 1-10 game Day one Name one player who played in a FA Cup final in the 90s. Play along and tag a friend! I'll start...

Happy Saturday everyone, Gazzetta Football Italia style Those were the days

Soviet Union : A Team Frozen in Time #Spain82 through to #USA94 on & off the pitch, but how things unravelled on the football front after the collapse of the Soviet Union 👇 80s90sfootball.wordpress.com/2021/09/08/s...

Football historians starter pack for your enjoyment #skystorians go.bsky.app/2p6oELV

I've set up a Starter Pack of accounts that specialise in retro football content and have joined up to Bluesky. Hopefully, this is of use to some of you! Have I missed anyone? go.bsky.app/65vthe9

Seminal album. Before starting uni this was in my lime green Sony Walkman on the bus to college. Other albums included: Ash - Free All Angels Daft Punk - Discovery The Ramones - Anthology The Clash - London Calling Manics - The Holy Bible The Beatles - Revolver I was 17 - trying to be cool.

Blue Sky is like Facebook when you had to have a uni email address to join.

We’ve not put anything out for a while (almost a year) but loads of articles to read over on the Boro Mag substack. Boro Mag was a print mag I setup with some great people during lockdown. I’m sure I’ll resurrect it - maybe when we’re in the Prem. It’s free and it’s here. boromag.substack.com

Now then Blue crew. Thought I'd formally introduce myself on this new platform. Looks like I've had quite a few Twitter refugees follow me over and lots of new followers so here goes. What you will get from me is: POLITICAL CARTOONS. Lots of them. I produce for @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social