The Dark Days of Middlesbrough Football Club.
Illegal Players, Arranged Games, Illegal payments, Bribes to the Opposition, Winding-
Season
Event
Detail
1890/91
Don’t play for “Boys Out For A Lark” 5-a-side team, or any other, when signed on for Middlesbrough
1902/03
It’s not just us. Roker Park suspended following crowd trouble in 1903.
1905/06
Maximum wage of £208 a year breached. 11 Directors suspended and a big fine.
1909/10
Arranged game?
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Match referee is of the opinion that he was in charge of a fixed game. Or did Middlesbrough have a particularly poor game that day?
1910/11
Very serious allegations that the Middlesbrough Chairman tried to ensure a favourable result to uplift his political standing.
1910/11
Illegal approaches to players
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Middlesbrough manager Andy Walker makes illegal approaches to Davidson and Young of Airdrieonians, his former club.