Season Starts, How The Boro FC have kicked off each season.
A - Early Days
The 7th. August is Middlesbrough's earliest start for competitive games in a season.
This first happened in 1999 at The Riverside for a Premier League fixture against
Bradford City. It is equalled, this season, with Boro’s ‘kick-off’’ at home to Ipswich
Town on 7th. August. In 2009/10 Boro also started on that date with the opener at
home to Sheffield United. This was a Friday evening game with an 8pm kick-off, in
other words 5 hours ‘later’ than the other two with their 3pm kick-offs.
B - Best Starts
Successive wins - 4
1925/26 - Portsmouth [A] 5-1, Blackpool [H] 3-2, Wolves [H] 4-1, Blackpool [A] 3-2
-. Ends with Swansea [A] 0-4
1993/94 - Notts County [A] 3-2, Derby [H] 3-0, Barnsley [A] 4-1, Wolves [A] 3-2
- Ends with Southend [A] 0-1.
1994/95 - Burnley [H] 2-0, Southend [A] 2-0, Bolton [H] 1-0, Derby [A] 1-0. - Ends
with Watford [A] 1-1
all League
Undefeated run - 10 League 1910/11 - Ends with Bury [A] 2-4 and
12 comprising 9 League and 3 League Cup 1986/87 - Ends with Birmingham, League
Cup [A] 2-3
Boro scoring at all, - 18 successive games 1956/57 - Ends with Blackburn [A] 0-1
Opposition failing to score
4 games 1994/95 (as in successive wins above)
4 games 2009/10 - Sheffield United [H] 0-0, Swansea [A] 3-0, Scunthorpe [A] 2-0,
Doncaster [H] 2-0.
C - Worst Starts
Successive Defeats - 4
2001/02 - Arsenal [H] 0-4, Bolton [A] 0-1, Everton [A] 0-2, Newcastle [H] 1-4. -
Ends with West Ham [H] 2-0.
Games without a win - 9 League 1954/55, - Ends with Lincoln [H] 2-1; 1982/83, Ends
with Bolton [H] 1-0; and
10 comprising 9 League and 1 League Cup, 1982/83 - Ends with Bolton [H] 1-0
Opposition scoring - 22 successive games 1932/33 - Ends with Manchester City [H]
2-0.
Games with Boro failing to score - 3
2001/02 - Arsenal [H] 0-4, Bolton [A] 0-1, Everton [A] 0-2. - Ends with Newcastle
United [H] 1-4.
Also both teams scoring
16 successive games 1956/57. - Ends with Nottingham Forest [A] won 4-0.
