MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB

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PRE-LEAGUE FOOTBALL - [ENTERED DIVISION 2 1899]

 

An Early newspaper advertisements for a Middlesbrough game:-

 

 

The Daily Gazette, November 20 1879

FOOTBALL- MIDDLESBROUGH V. TYNE ASSOCIATION (NEWCASTLE). This match will be played on Saturday afternoon next on the Cricket Ground, Linthorpe-road, and an exciting game is anticipated -- Advt 4132.

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Earliest recording of Boro players being selected to play in a representative team:-

 

The Daily Gazette, January 26, 1880

Mr. Jackson Ewbank, captain of the Middlesbrough club, and Mr. J.Harrison, goal-keeper. Have been chosen by the Sheffield Executive to play against Lancashire next Saturday.