The Middlesbrough 2026 Appreciation Thread

[Dman]

2 hours ago, coalman said:

Do we want to be the kind of team that goes whining to complain whenever something goes against us? We're not Boro.

Honestly, I 100% agree in 99.99% of cases, but in this one, fuck them.

They absolutely deserve it after the way they have behaved. Take anyone related to that football club to the cleaners where possible. 

[stevegrant]

36 minutes ago, Dman said:

Honestly, I 100% agree in 99.99% of cases, but in this one, fuck them.

They absolutely deserve it after the way they have behaved. Take anyone related to that football club to the cleaners where possible. 

I'm looking forward to Steve Gibson having to dip into his own pocket to pay the fine imposed by the Information Commissioner for the flagrant GDPR breach.

[benjii]

6 minutes ago, stevegrant said:

I'm looking forward to Steve Gibson having to dip into his own pocket to pay the fine imposed by the Information Commissioner for the flagrant GDPR breach.

This won't happen unless lots of us complain.

ICOnews is the Twitter handle, I think.

Edited Thursday at 09:44 by benjii

[Dman]

4 minutes ago, stevegrant said:

I'm looking forward to Steve Gibson having to dip into his own pocket to pay the fine imposed by the Information Commissioner for the flagrant GDPR breach.

It certainly looks like its worth asking the lawyers if there's something here. 

Will Salt could walk out of this with an absolute wedge if he sue's for potential leak of personal information to a news paper without his knoweldge or good reason resulting in potential loss of future earnings due to damaged reputation which could impact his career. 

As a side point, in reality, is anyone going to care that he doen this? Its a rule only applied to the EFL - Had he worked for a PL side, it wouldn't be considered a rule breach. 

[stevegrant]

2 minutes ago, benjii said:

This won't happen unless lots of us complain.

ICO_news is the Twitter handle, I think.

I believe GDPR breaches generally need the/a wronged party to file the complaint, rather than random members of the public.

[bpsaint]

4 minutes ago, stevegrant said:

I believe GDPR breaches generally need the/a wronged party to file the complaint, rather than random members of the public.

Fingers crossed then. If Boro have to pay a fine for breaching GDPR that’s bigger than our fine for spying it would  brilliant.

[benjii]

5 minutes ago, stevegrant said:

I believe GDPR breaches generally need the/a wronged party to file the complaint, rather than random members of the public.

They do for a compensation claim but it's not a prerequisite to a regulatory investigation or enforcement. Doesn't hurt to raise awareness.

[Dman]

2 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Fingers crossed then. If Boro have to pay a fine for breaching GDPR that’s bigger than our fine for spying it would  brilliant.

Boro wouldn't have to pay anything. The breach is from the golf club / hotel. But they're all owned by Steve Gibson, so to hurt him personally would be sweet enough. 

I'd go as far as saying that any GDPR breach is significantly more significant as you're then touching on the law. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

I’d be pretty confident the individual involved will have lots to complain about.

He could easily go to the police as it is a blatant breach of GDPR.

Must be pretty harrowing for the individual and his family too. Imagine the shit he must be currently going through.

Stuff like this has driven people to do pretty serious and horrific things. These pundits and media outlets don’t consider this at all.

[Mick_Channon]

We can hardly call ourselves classy with behaviour like this.

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYQDDDSiHuX/?igsh=YmUwM2g0a3lrcWcw

[coalman]

3 minutes ago, Mick_Channon said:

We can hardly call ourselves classy with behaviour like this.

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYQDDDSiHuX/?igsh=YmUwM2g0a3lrcWcw

Jesus Christ. That beach ball could have bounced back and really done some damage to someone. Thanks for pointing that out 1-post-Mick_Channon.

 

Edited Thursday at 10:36 by coalman

[Leighsterrr]

On 13/05/2026 at 09:03, Miltonaggro said:

Stay classy 'Boro...

Isn't that what they call throwing a chipolata down the M25 up there? 🤔

[skintsaint]

32 minutes ago, Leighsterrr said:

Isn't that what they call throwing a chipolata down the M25 up there? 🤔

Probably a chipolata down the A1(M).

[Leighsterrr]

2 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Probably a chipolata down the A1(M).

At the point that pic was taken you're right...but if you see the whole video it's definitely more M25...twice as wide in some places...

[coalman]

Can we rename this to "The Karen FC Appreciation Thread", please?

[Sheaf Saint]

3 hours ago, coalman said:

Can we rename this to "The Karen FC Appreciation Thread", please?

No, we can't. 

And if you don't like that answer, you'll just have to take it up with the manager.