Middlesbrough FA Cup 4th rd Match Thread
 

Ref Watch The Football Association have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game against Accrington Stanley this Saturday.

Middlesbrough host Accrington Stanley on Saturday January 22 for the FA Cup fourth round tie at the Riverside Stadium and the match carries a 3pm kick off.


Referee: Anthony Taylor
Linesmen: Scott Ledger and Marc Perry
Fourth Official: Jeremy Simpson

Match Day referee Taylor has officiated 25 games in 2016/17 with a return of 88 yellow cards and three red cards.

This season his highest card count is eight yellow cards in the game between Leicester City and West Ham. He showed seven in the game between Chelsea and West Ham and five yellows and two reds in the Manchester City tie against Chelsea.

He took in 44 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 147 yellow cards and six red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Watford and Crystal Palace on September 27 with a total of eight yellows being shown.

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And we thought we were going to watch the football:rolleyes:

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Let's hope we are & it's not the ref show as it often is in our league! :rolleyes:

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who,ll be suspended for the next league game i wonder.

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To be honest i dont really expect us to win, all i require is the same effort the lads put in against Carlisle, owt else will be a massive bonus.if we do that it will be well worth the journey,like West Ham was.:)

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Boro fan who sponsors Accrington Stanley has divided loyalties over Cup clash - Gazette Live I'm a bit confused :confused:

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why the confusion??

ASFC and Plastic Box are owned by 0404 Investments which is the company Andy Holt runs all his businesses through. Also in the group are What More and Readstone Construction.

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I can't be at the match but I will be rooting for the team. I think we can nick it. cool heads and the spirit we showed last week would do it.

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'Middlesbrough are up against the Battersea Dogs Home of lower-division football' - Accrington Stanley view - Gazette Live That's a new one :gooddog:

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If ever Stanley needed a reason to raise their game [but they shouldn't] it's being compared with strays from a dogs home. Let's hope they have lots of bite this afternoon.

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Cheeky blighters! Then again I suppose we've had worse descriptions :rolleyes: -

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Fair enough i hope we bite em.:D

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The quote appears to be from Dan Jewell, not the paper itself (on account of the fact that most on-line papers don't employ journalists but simply trawl the Internet for quotes).
It's a pretty good comparison, IMHO. The Battersea Dogs Home takes in waifs and strays, of any size, breed or age, and rehouses them. It's also an old, nationally well know, underfunded, but much loved organisation. Just like Stanley.

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Evening Gazette have 2 guys who do all the boro stuff and never heard of him.

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remember what they say about stick and stones. statements like that just go through one eye and out the other.

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Maybe those who make the trip to watch the game today can get together and encourage the lads by using the wolf howl, I know it would get my adrenaline going,

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Boro starting eleven is mixture of reserve and first team
Dimi
Fabio
Bernardo
Gibson
Friend
Clayton
Lead bitter
Fischer
Downing
Bamford
Gestede

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ASFC v @boro: Rodak, Donacien, Beckles, Hughes, Rodgers, Boco, Conneely, Davies, Clare,, McConville, Kee #EmiratesFACup

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ASFC subs: Chapman, Clark, Gornell, McCartan, Hewitt, Edwards, Shaw v @Boro

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Commentary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_tees

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Any text coverage available?

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Nowt on the normal page but there's Twitter:
https://twitter.com/asfcofficial/with_replies

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Friend off injured for Middleborough already.

Can hear the Ultras in full voice on the radio commentary

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And there's this one too:
LIVE: Middlesbrough v Accrington Stanley (From The Northern Echo)

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We're in with a sniff here. C'mon STANLEY

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0-1 DAM IT...should've stayed off the keyboard. Sorry.

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Death or Glory ... double substitution coming up

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Clark for Davies
McCarten for Boco

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Full time

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Sounds like we had a good go. Hard luck boys. back to the league. It was a good run all things considered. We have done ourselves proud to get as far as we have with the opposition we have beaten.

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The lads did had a very good go, can't fault any of our players for effort. Middleborough where the better side but not by a massive margin. Dowling goal was class but we had our chances just couldn't take them. Must bring this effort now to our league form.

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Can only say how proud I am to be a Stanley fan tonight, the lads gave it their all - bless their cotton socks!!
Any neutral there today wouldn't have thought there was 3 leagues between the sides, it took one really good goal to separate the two teams as at West Ham - little disappointed as we could've snook an equaliser near the end but not half as gutted as the Wycombe fans must be :)

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To be fair our attempts lacked any real power and they had another 3 or 4 really good chances where they should have scored but the team gave their all, the fans sang loud and proud and we deserved to come away with our heads held high. If only we had that little bit of luck near the end though

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first half was like a pre season game
Your keeper played out of his skin in 2nd, kept score down plus some poor finishing by boro players didnt help. Couple of good chances for you late on but didnt take them either.

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Decent game - agree with Thornabyred and Deeaseeyyyeess.
We were second best in all departments but did as well
As we could. Sean, Seamus and Harvey were my MOTM today.
Our best chance was Clark's shot in the last minute. Time stood still as he hit his shot.....a few hundred grand if it was a few feet either side of where he smacked it.

Twisted Lip on Baker Street was our pre/post match watering hole...great boozer, friendly chatty locals.

Off to the Toon now to drown sorrows further.

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We certainly were far from disgraced today, have to disagree about S.M. today was far from one of his better days imho, the only criticism i have was no player was running into space when we were going forward, summat that does need addressing i reckon.was great to meet owd stifferlip this aft, seems a real decent geezer.

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Best chance for me fell to Billy Kee. Lovely ball inside the full back by Clark to Donacien who picked him out - why didn't he just smash it ??

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Maybe Sean wasn't in the game as much as he has been in recent weeks Cashy, but I thought when he was he looked a class apart from most of the others (apart from Harvey and Seamus). Just adds another dimension to the team.

I shared your frustration re going forward until we did push on on a couple of occasions and nearly paid dearly when they came back at us.i think today was a day when extreme caution was called for. Hope to last the 90 mins for a 0-0 draw or snatch a goal ourselves.

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say with my cousin and a couple of his mates in the boro end. they were dissapointed they didn,t score more and thought we played well but wouldn,t have scored if the match went on to midnight. stanley fans were brilliant. hope the noise levels carry on next saturday. a good day out at least we weren,t hammered like brentford and have only lost by 1 nil away to two premier sides this season.

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I watched the cup games last night,Wolves players i thought used great common sense,running forward to receive the ball, it aint rocket science, that to me.

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hope everyone got back safe and sound. Walked back part of way to station with an old couple and their grandaughter. They seemed to have enjoyed the day out and managed the train back with a good 10 mins to spare. Just a pity the station is in refurb and no decent shops or takeaways on it.

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Thought our lads gave everything and in the end lost out to a wonder goal. I agree with what Coley said with regards to us probably coming up against one of the strongest teams yesterday, certainly stronger than liverpool and tottenhams starting 11. On another day we would have nicked one in the first half and goals can change games. For me Seamus was outstanding in midfield, best I've ever seen him play for us. Difficult to fault any of the lads who started performance as they all gave everything they had. Just got to hope we take this into the crucial game next week now

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Two away defeats to two Premier league squads by two wonder goals from two international players in one season. Blimey!
Rodak was my MotM, he made some great stops. But agree with comments above that Stanley had little or no forward 'drive' for much of the match. I know they played to contain Boro for the first half but trying to ticky-tacky their way through the middle of a Premier League squad, from the back, is an ambitious strategy. Especially when there can sometimes be little or no movement off the ball. I noticed one incident which summed that up; Davies was tussling for the ball just inside Stanley's half and every other single Stanley player was watching. He won the ball, passed it sideways five yards and then he stood still. At that moment all ten outfield players were motionless - it was like looking at a photo.
In comparison, I thought M'boro used the space and width of their park really well, unlike Stanley who persist in playing in one half of the pitch at a time. Their RB, Fabio, was outstanding but then he had little or no defending to do and spent the day as an extra, and very effective, winger.
Back to reality next week.

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Have to say, thought our keeper @ defence were magnificent couldn't have done more,

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Have to say,Match Of The Day was very interesting "Exile"? Now yeh know were he was.:D:D:D:D

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thoroughly enjoyed the match,we were out classed but not by much, would not have believed we were playing a premier side at all. A decent ref too . Just wish we had played our subs a bit earlier but credit to the team, you did yourselves proud.

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No need for any match 'post-mortem' here, others have already summed it up perfectly.
Just like to thank John Coleman & the whole team for a wonderful day out yesterday.
To be able to play three Premiership teams in one season has to be a massive tribute to our little club.
We might not have the biggest following in the EFL, but by God we have the most dedicated & passionate.
Our fans were fantastic yesterday, it was a privilege to be part of them.
A real pleasure to meet the Cashmeister himself, a true gent & Stanley legend!
Was also introduced to Harvey Rodgers mum at half time. She was so proud her son was playing for Stanley and a little nervous that he should not let the side down.
It was a pleasure to re-assure her that our fans already consider him to be a star and a real asset to our club.
Good luck to Boro & thanks for the hospitality. A great club with loyal fans and a fantastic stadium.

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" Stanley's Sean Clare forced Dimitrios Konstantopoulos into a solid save in the first half, before McConville headed wide when unmarked on 83 minutes"....RR can you comment on this note from the BBC match report ?...Radio Tees were particularly scornful whenever SM was involved in the play !...unfair or not ?.
Seems like der wunderkind has his detractors wherever one looks !.

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I would say they are unbiased, he was poor yesterday.

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I wouldn't say any of our players were poor yesterday, yes some were better than others but in my opinion, for what it's worth, every man jack of them gave it everything they had & even if it wasn't enough to draw with or beat a premier league team in their own backyard, you can't ask for more than that.

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Thats cos unlike the Teeside reporters yer biased Di.:D

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Teeside were more bothered about talking about seeing coley on holiday in a string vest

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They, the BBC Tees reporters, were not the best, and their puerile attempts at not so subtle humour relating to JC's holiday attire and the minimalistic services in The Dressing Rooms at the Crown Ground left much to be desired !. I always thought that those inhabiting the North East were a little bit short where use of sound English language was concerned, and yesterdays commentators did little to change my opinion!.
Still, being still laid low by this damn virus, their basic information relating to the game was better than nowt I suppose !.

KTF...

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If that's how they were reporting the match I wouldn't give much credence to their opinion on any of our players tbh :rolleyes:

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Maybe, but on reading Yonmon's description of their commentary I'd dare to say I knew more about what I was watching than they did :rolleyes::D

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To be honest, I could not understand why he headed the ball. By the time he made contact, the ball was knee high!! I was expecting him to kick it. :rolleyes:

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Cashy, it was the only time I did know where he was! :rolleyes:

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Don't think he could reach it with his foot.

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I thought head was the only choice also? If he had one it would have been a goal, pmsl