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HISTORY

 

 

 

1880s

Meeting, match report

Review of  1879/80 season. Tyne v Middlesbrough, October 1880.

Professionalism

Development Report

Events leading to the introduction of professionalism in 1889

Northern League

League Tables

Middlesbrough were founder members of the Northern League and had ten seasons there prior to entering the Football League.

1890 Record win

Match report

11-0 v Scarborough in the FA Cup

1890 FACup disqualification

Report

Boys Out for a Lark. Middlesbrough disqualified from the FA Cup following a protest by Darlington.

1891 Players AWOL

Report

Flight of Black and McKnight.

FACup pre-view

Report

The great match on the Linthorpe-road Ground between Middlesbrough and Preston North End, in the English Cup Competition, on Saturday, is exciting the liveliest enthusiasm.

1895 Amateur Cup

Match report

Saturday, April 27th. 1895, a day which will always be looked back upon as one of the most gladsome periods in the history of our comparatively young town

 

 

 

1898 Amateur Cup

Match report

If the Middlesbrough boys had been put to it or had put themselves about they could have won by twenty to none, instead of two to none

1899 Joining the League

Meeting report

Loughborough, Middlesbrough, and Chesterfield were elected to the three vacant positions.

1919 Northern Victory League

Table, results

The Great War  is over and an 8 teams compete on a league basis. Middlesbrough have a great time of it.

1933 Highest league score

Match report

Blades bewildered by a brilliant attack.  10-3 at Ayresome Park.

1954 Record defeat

Match reports

0-9 away at Blackburn Rovers, but we should have been 3-0 up before they scored! What happened with the reserve team that afternoon?

1958 Record win for a league game

Match report

A nine goal margin

Boro 9 - 0 Brighton and Hove Albion

1960 Highest score draw

Match report

Boro and Charlton share 12 goals at The Valley, but we were robbed!