The Middlesbrough 2026 Appreciation Thread

[St Chalet]

Thought I'd be the first....

Well played xx

[AlexLaw76]

They are a blooming good side, and defended really well for the most part today. The tie should have been done and dusted for them by HT on sat.

Their fans however, fucking batshit mental. I thought scousers were bad, but this lot are in a different universe.

[Midfield_General]

Best keep your fitness up lads, I’m sure you’ll definitely definitely still be in the final 

Maybe get Gibbo to order the open top bus too? 

xxx

Edited 18 hours ago by Midfield_General

[danjosaint]

Really impressed with Aiden Morris 

[Mr Saints]

Cheers lads. Haven’t enjoyed an evening as much as this for a long time, thanks to your bitter desperation. Enjoy the trip back home!

[Gloucester Saint]

They get to live in Middlesbrough as well.

 

[benjii]

WE SHALL BE

bottling top two then bottling play offs whilst embarrassing ourselves.

[benjii]

They should get home by about 05:00.

[Patrick Bateman]

I still like Fry a lot as a centre back, properly old school but good with it. 

[Colinjb]

Will save a heap on my mortgage over the next few years. Can live rent free in their heads.

[Patrick Bateman]

Plus both fans can agree the ref was shit

[danjosaint]

2 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Plus both fans can agree the ref was shit

A prem ref without Var   what did u expect 

[Turkish]

Very good side, some really good players. The whole spy thing is completely ridiculous, blown out of all proportion and has overshadowed what were two very exciting games of football between two good teams at this level. Good luck to them next season 

[RedArmy]

5th in a 2 horse race. 
 

What a season lads. 
 

 

[Saint NL]

I've enjoyed this mini rivalry.

I'll forget it next season when we're a premier league team.

Let's reignite it in a couple of years

Edited 18 hours ago by Saint NL

[Toadhall Saint]

👏👏

[stknowle]

Thought they were excellent but our superior squad depth (not patronising just fact) told in the end. 

[Midfield_General]

39 minutes ago, benjii said:

They should get home by about 05:00.

I hope they make it back alright, they've got training in the morning

[S-Clarke]

Ignoring all the spy gate and fan nonsense and just talking about football, I thought they're a really well coached side. They made it really hard for us to get any space, or make any real dangerous openings. When they had their moments, they used the ball really well too and are a pretty tidy footballing side.

Their finishing is what's cost them over the season though, they've just not been clinical enough. They blew their chance in the first half at their place, and it was the story of the season.

Their fans have acted a bit weird, but I think from a footballing point of view they gave us as good a game we've had in a long time - and they'll probably do well next season if they add a couple of centre forwards.

[bpsaint]

I was at the riverside on Saturday, sat 2 seats from the netting with them. Getting abused for 90 minutes and twice witnessed them throwing stuff at our fans, once not far from hitting a child.

After tonight all I can say it have that you fucking weird goblin like bunch of northern cunts. Fuck you and your dirty little ground in a shit hole city. Your whinging and whining over “spygate” has been an a utter embarrassment, and you’ve surpassed Scousers in the hard done by stakes.

I hope that late goal hurt, and if we go up I hope we sign another of your players just to annoy you.

Aside from that have a good summer ya’ll.

Edited 18 hours ago by bpsaint

[whelk]

1 hour ago, benjii said:

They should get home by about 05:00.

Why would anyone live in that shithole?

[whelk]

43 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Good luck to them next season

Are you going fucking soft? 

[West end Saints]

Their local BBC radio podcast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nkvtz2?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

the presenter, 'Dana' referred to Southampton as a “rotten football club with horrible players and horrible fans” and described Southampton player Taylor Harwood-Bellis as “scum” and “a piece of scum”.

See fans still expecting us to be thrown out and add to that a 5 game ban for THB

 

[Harry_SFC]

Just now, West end Saints said:

Their local BBC radio podcast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nkvtz2?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

the presenter, 'Dana' referred to Southampton as a “rotten football club with horrible players and horrible fans” and described Southampton player Taylor Harwood-Bellis as “scum” and “a piece of scum”.

See fans still expecting us to be thrown out and add to that a 5 game ban for THB

 

How professional...

[bpsaint]

3 minutes ago, West end Saints said:

Their local BBC radio podcast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nkvtz2?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

the presenter, 'Dana' referred to Southampton as a “rotten football club with horrible players and horrible fans” and described Southampton player Taylor Harwood-Bellis as “scum” and “a piece of scum”.

See fans still expecting us to be thrown out and add to that a 5 game ban for THB

 

Should report them to Ofcom. Not very impartial from the beeb is it.

Edited 17 hours ago by bpsaint

[Osvaldorama]

Weirdest fan base of all time. 
 

Hope we go up and sign a few more of their players. 

[Saint_clark]

Whether we go up or stay down we should make Dael Fry a top target. What an excellent centreback he is.

[kevdoh]

2 hours ago, bpsaint said:

I was at the riverside on Saturday, sat 2 seats from the netting with them. Getting abused for 90 minutes and twice witnessed them throwing stuff at our fans, once not far from hitting a child.

After tonight all I can say it have that you fucking weird goblin like bunch of northern cunts. Fuck you and your dirty little ground in a shit hole city. Your whinging and whining over “spygate” has been an a utter embarrassment, and you’ve surpassed Scousers in the hard done by stakes.

I hope that late goal hurt, and if we go up I hope we sign another of your players just to annoy you.

Aside from that have a good summer ya’ll.

Nailed it. Never really had an opinion on boro but their fans for a week or so have been embarrassing. Soft, fragile, deluded wet wipes. They think the ref cost them😂. Probably try saying we paid him off even though we could have had 3 pens, the last one on larin being as blatant as you can get

[SNSUN]

All i hear from them is "bush this, bush that..."

If they want to see an impressive bush I'll just pull my pants down.

[coalman]

6 hours ago, Colinjb said:

Will save a heap on my mortgage over the next few years. Can live rent free in their heads.

Rent free in their hedge, surely?

(thanks BBC HYS for that)

[James G]

I'll echo other sentiments, they are a really good team, maybe just missing a big man up top.

I just wish they had let the two games play out, let the investigation happen, then get worked up about it all afterwards 

They have gone into overdrive from the get go about something neither team can control, and their team have played themselves into the ground in the first 60 minutes of the first game which has ultimately decided their fate

[sambosa75]

7 hours ago, benjii said:

They should get home by about 05:00.

They Shall Be arriving home by about 5am*

[Turkish]

7 hours ago, whelk said:

Are you going fucking soft? 

No they fought well, they battled and showed great courage.  its lovely to see these small clubs challenging at the top of the championship. Their fans have had the time of their lives this season.  Plucky working class town owned by local boy done good who got the whole country behind them were in dreamland for a while taking the lead then gallantly defending for their lives. Despite being out on their feet they dug deep, battled, put their bodies on the line taking the game deep into extra time. Then big nasty unbeatable Southampton cruelly snatched it away, it would have been a great story but ended in heartbreak with even our ball boys bullying them in the end.  But I wish them well. 

[The Kraken]

Gibbo will sort it out.

[bangkoksaint]

As I walked back to my hotel the supporter coaches came past. They looked gutted and who can blame them. Horrible way to lose a game and a 6 hour journey home. Some may go straight to work. Ultimately we are all football fans and want the best for our team. FWIW I wish them all the best and I take my hat off to those travelling supporters. Southampton mid week is a proper fans journey 

[coalman]

[Badger]

They’ve even got a thread on their forum dedicated to Tonda.

https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?threads/tonda-eckert.81095/

Bless them. 

[Saint NL]

Bunch of fannies

 

 

[Tamesaint]

12 minutes ago, Badger said:

They’ve even got a thread on their forum dedicated to Tonda.

https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?threads/tonda-eckert.81095/

Bless them. 

I wonder if Tonda could sue for libel. 

[LGTL]

Fifth in a two horse race. Didn’t show up last night. Nothing to show for anything at all. 

Fuck off Boro, you insufferable cunts. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, LGTL said:

Fifth in a two horse race. Didn’t show up last night. Nothing to show for anything at all. 

Fuck off Boro, you insufferable cunts. 

Yep. If I was a fan of theirs I would be questioning how they threw away automatic promotion after being top two for most of the season. 

[ally_uk]

Bunch of lemonade sandwiches mush! 🤣🤣🤣

If you want a laugh go and read the Middlesbrough forums.... .

 

[hypochondriac]

7 hours ago, West end Saints said:

Their local BBC radio podcast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nkvtz2?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

the presenter, 'Dana' referred to Southampton as a “rotten football club with horrible players and horrible fans” and described Southampton player Taylor Harwood-Bellis as “scum” and “a piece of scum”.

See fans still expecting us to be thrown out and add to that a 5 game ban for THB

 

Proper weirdos. You couldn't imagine Blackmore doing that!

[hypochondriac]

Shame they are such thundercunts because that was the best defending I've seen from an opposition team and they were impressive in general. Should have been put of sight after the first half of the first leg.

[tdmickey3]

[Miltonaggro]

8 hours ago, whelk said:

Why would anyone live in that shithole?

Solidarity to fellow members on the sex offenders register. 

[Gloucester Saint]

Hellberg should be assessing how his strikers and midfielders couldn’t hit a barn door in the first half up at their dump of a town because genuinely 4-0 wouldn’t have flattered them. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Shame they are such thundercunts because that was the best defending I've seen from an opposition team and they were impressive in general. Should have been put of sight after the first half of the first leg.

Absolutely, probably one of the best teams we have played this season at St Marys. 

[badgerx16]

"Envy is a painful, often shameful emotion experienced when lacking another's superior quality, achievement, or possession, leading to a desire for it or a wish that the other person lacked it. It is a form of unfavorable upward social comparison that can cause resentment, insecurity, or a drive to spoil another's success."

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Absolutely, probably one of the best teams we have played this season at St Marys. 

If they'd had one of our strikers they'd have won that easily imo. They were gone in the second half and needed better strength in depth off the bench. They will be in the playoffs minimum next year.