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 May 14 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 May 14 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.

[Tamesaint]

Their forwards' inability to hit a barndoor cost Boro victory in the first match. I wonder if they now regret selling Josh Coburn to Millwall for £5 million a year ago. In a truncated season he scored 9 goals and was voted Championship Player of the Month for March. 

What a shame!!! 

[um pahars]

On 14/05/2026 at 10:39, stevegrant said:

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

Pretty sure data breaches should be self reported (ie in this instance by the hotel/cafe/golf course involved)

[StrangelyBrown]

On 14/05/2026 at 00:33, Saint86 said:

Produced by the BBC? Sounds like a series of complaints may be required...

Definitely worth complaining.

[badgerx16]

6 hours ago, um pahars said:

Pretty sure data breaches should be self reported (ie in this instance by the hotel/cafe/golf course involved)

Indivduals can report suspected data breaches.

[Sheaf Saint]

10 hours ago, um pahars said:

Pretty sure data breaches should be self reported (ie in this instance by the hotel/cafe/golf course involved)

You're absolutely right. If an organisation becomes aware of a potentially damaging data breach then they are obliged to report it to the ICO. And in a twist of delicious irony here, they must do it within 72 hours.

And it doesn't have to be the subject of the personal data that complains if they don't. Any concerned member of the public can raise the complaint.

[West end Saints]

On 13/05/2026 at 00:55, 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

 

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[Scully]

Hoping for a big Hull City win

[S-Clarke]

They are also dirty scheming bastards, who played their own non-football game here. Justice is for Hull to win and I will be rooting for them.

The outcome of our offence shouldn't have been to give Boro the opportunity to win the biggest footballing prize in the world, given that it wasn't just them wronged. It should have been to ensure sporting integrity. By expelling us proclaiming sporting integrity, they've created their own sporting integrity mess should Boro win.

Edited 8 hours ago by S-Clarke

[sockeye]

I don’t really care about Boro being in the final and I’m not praying for their downfall either. The whole situation was ours to lose. We were obviously in the wrong re: the spying, but they showed nous, played a blinder, and we played the idiot Parsons. Yes, it feels bent that they had connections that shaped the outcome, but if we’d had actual professionals at the helm we could’ve gotten away with it all. They’re laughing now like we were laughing. We’re just pawns to a bunch of rich blokes, and ours happened to be moronic.

[Pamplemousse]

Hull winning would make me feel a lot better for sure. And if not then we get to see Boro get smashed every week next season. Hellberg took them from 2nd to 5th; he's not a great manager.

[trousers]

I'm torn... There's amusement to be had with either outcome...

[coalman]

2 minutes ago, trousers said:

I'm torn... There's amusement to be had with either outcome...

There's more amusement to be had if Karen FC win the final then Hull go to court and get it reversed.

[Patrick Bateman]

4 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Hull winning would make me feel a lot better for sure. And if not then we get to see Boro get smashed every week next season. Hellberg took them from 2nd to 5th; he's not a great manager.

I'm going to leave this here again. He DID go from 2nd to 5th, yes, but other teams really pushed hard. His stats are better than Edwards' over a longer time period, so I think people need to let it drop that Hellberg isn't a good manager, just my opinion based on the stats attached, I can't say whether Boro fans enjoyed his team more or not, I assume they did. 

[Osvaldorama]

Tbf I thought they were one of the best sides we’ve played this season. They were really well coached.

If they had some strikers they’d be a top, top championship side. 
 

Hope they lose tomorrow though. I certainly won’t be watching it. 

[AlexLaw76]

They'll beat Hull. Emotions aside, Boro were a striker away from challenging Cov

[saintant]

39 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

They'll beat Hull. Emotions aside, Boro were a striker away from challenging Cov

Not so sure. Boro players will be blowing out their arses within 25 minutes on that big Wembley pitch and with all the mental pressure on them. Think Hull will come strong in the second half and take them. Hope so anyway.

[tdmickey3]

50 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

They'll beat Hull. Emotions aside, Boro were a striker away from challenging Cov

Were they a defender short to when they kept losing as well then