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Midlesbrough v Preston North End

Riverside Stadium 28/11/2023 19.45hrs

Teeside in November always a must



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Manager

Michael Carrick (born 28 July 1981) is an English professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Championship club Middlesbrough. He is one of the most decorated English footballers of all time and is best known for his 12-year playing career with Manchester United, whom he also captained.[3] Carrick was a central midfielder, but he was used as an emergency centre-back under Alex Ferguson, David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and José Mourinho. His playing style was grounded in his passing ability.[4][5]

Carrick began his career at West Ham United, joining the youth team in 1997 and winning the FA Youth Cup two years later. He was sent on loan twice during his debut season, to Swindon Town and Birmingham City, before securing a place in the first team by the 2000–01 season. He experienced relegation in the 2002–03 season and was voted into the PFA First Division Team of the Year in the following campaign. He made more than 150 appearances for the Hammers, and in 2004, he moved to rival London club Tottenham Hotspur for a fee believed to be £3.5 million. He played an influential role at the club for two seasons before moving to Manchester United in 2006 for £14 million.

From his debut onwards, Carrick was a regular in the Manchester United first team, making more than 50 appearances in his first season with them. He established himself as a key member of the team that won the Premier League in 2006–07, their first title success in four years. The following season he was part of the side that won the 2008 Champions League final, playing the full 120 minutes as they enjoyed a 6–5 penalty shootout win, with Carrick converting his spot kick, to help achieve the European Double. As of 2023, he is the only English player alongside former teammate Wayne Rooney to win the Premier League title, FA Cup, UEFA Champions League, League Cup, FA Community Shield, UEFA Europa League and FIFA Club World Cup.[6][7] In winning the 2016 FA Cup, Carrick completed his collection of every domestic honour in the English game.[8]

Carrick has represented England at under-18, under-21, B and senior levels. He made his England debut in 2001 and went on to gain 34 caps without scoring a goal. Carrick was often overlooked during his England career, with many of his contemporaries being preferred in his position. This was the case until the 2012–13 season, when Carrick established himself as a regular. He was a member of the England squad for two major tournaments, the 2006 and 2010 World Cups.

LAST TIME OUT






FORM GUIDE

BORO 10 PNE 10

NEWBIES



IN FORM



WE'VE MET BEFORE



Last season's total 4-0 surrender still fresh in the memory Gentry Day was certainly remembered for all the wrong reasons

The joy of Ex



Culture

The Middlesbrough Mela is a blend of the traditional Mela (Sanskrit: मेला) and a celebration of the multicultural life of the people of Middlesbrough. It is collaboratively organised by a committee of residents supported by Middlesbrough Council.

The Mela was first held in Middlesbrough Central Gardens, now Centre Square, in 1990 and has moved between this venue and the larger Albert Park, which it returned to in 2019 after a seven-year break.

In 2009 localised flooding at Albert Park caused the event to be cancelled.[2] In 2015, its 25th anniversary drew a record audience of up to 50,000 over the two days of the festival.[1][3] In 2020 it would have celebrated its 30th anniversary, however, the festival has been cancelled due to the global pandemic.

Who’s Available?

After picking up two yellow cards at the weekend, Robbie Brady will be unavailable for this fixture.

Defender Andrew Hughes came on as a second-half substitute for North End in the defeat to Cardiff City, making his return from the injury he picked up at the end of September, so he’ll be in contention again.

Calvin Ramsay and Jack Whatmough were also back on the bench for the first time since their respective injuries, and they’ll be hoping to feature on Tuesday night, while Liam Millar will be assessed after taking a bang to the ankle.

Opposition Focus

After a relatively slow start to the season, Middlesbrough have built up an impressive run of form since mid-September, including six straight victories.

Michael Carrick began his Boro reign at Deepdale last October, and since then he’s completely changed their fortunes around.

They were narrowly beaten in the Play-Off semi-final last term by Coventry City and they’ll be hoping to have enough this time round to make another push and maybe go a step further.

A Recent Clash


Jordan Storey headed home in stoppage-time to earn Preston North End a comeback victory against Middlesbrough in October 2022.

Match Officials


Referee: Andrew Kitchen
Assistant Referees: James Wilson and Shaun Hudson
Fourth Official: Dean Whitestone

Andrew Kitchen will take charge of a Preston North End fixture for the first time in his career on Tuesday.

The referee began officiating in the EFL at the start of the 2021/22 campaign and has so far this season shown 35 yellow cards in 13 matches.


MACS VIEW

As they say a hard place to go although saying that have seen us win there bound to be bitterly cold, good news is Brady suspended, gladly take a point before we appear again on Friday night against the Rangers

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Middlesbrough 4 Jones 2 Van den Berg Bangora Preston North End 0(NIL)

Middlesbrough line-up: Dieng; Dijksteel, van den Berg, McNair (Clarke, 82), Bangura; Barlaser, Howson (McCabe, 88); Rogers (Greenwood, 70), Crooks (Gilbert, 82), Jones (Silvera, 70); Latte Lath. Subs not used: Gover, Coburn, Coulson, Cartwright.

PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey, Lindsay, Hughes; Potts, Whiteman, Ledson (Whatmough, 88), Best; Keane (Ramsay, 45), Frokjær (Stewart, 88); Osmajić (Evans, 45). Subs not used: Cornell, Bauer, Browne, Holmes.

Attendance: 24,502 (456 PNE pre-sales).

Referee: Mr A Kitchen.

Not a lot you can say about this traditional miles away from home midweek performance except it was pap, we made Boro look like 1970's Brazil. Mr Fantastic has apologised to the fans , thanks for that still got hammered though.
Zero ability to pass to a same coloured shirt, inability to actually tackle, zero pressing otherwise it was spot on.
Sad thing though Boro were not that good but at least they had an excuse a large injury list.
As we usually arrive at the ground hours before kick off, have to say there were some absolutely top notch cars in the car park including one of these

Prices range from 194000 to 216000

Right back to the massacre sorry game, Browne injutred although made the bench, opening stages we looked the better side however reality soon kicked in, defence splitting pass Jones ambles on to it one down. Second ten minutes later maybe a shade unlucky with it, corner to the back post posible hand ball but Van den Berg (Sepp's brother) claimed the goal without knowing much about it.
Ten minutes later more non tackling, pas through the defence and Jones said thank you very much, three down not half time away fans already drifting towards the exit door.
Boro could have had more before half time luckily though we kept them out.
Osmajic only bright spark in the first period chased lost cause and then did his groin just on half time.
Second period we did at least put up a bit of a fight, Ramsay made his first appearence looked decent, will play on Friday as Potts is suspended, the booking he got last night was a nonsense
Boro looked dangerous when attacking a couple of good Woodman saves kept them out, a bit of game time for Stewart late on before Bangora added a fourth with virtually the last kick off the game
Dreadful
Then had a mystery tour home via Leeds and Blackburn no idea why, summed up the night lost somewhere in the North of England

Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick told BBC Sport Tees:

"It was a good night for us, scoring the goals we did and looking dangerous.

"I still think there's more to come from us. We've probably played better in some games and not come away with any points.

"Tonight we've played well in spells and won 4-0, but I'm delighted. There are a lot of positives to take from tonight.

"It's now a great game for us (against Leeds) on Saturday. We'll prepare well in the next few days and look forward to it."

Preston boss Ryan Lowe:

"I'm angry and disappointed. There were harsh words in the dressing room.

"They have given us some fantastic football, but when we went one down there was fear that set in. The first-half performance was nowhere near the levels we expect.

"If we want to keep being a mid-table team, then those are mid-table performances. But we don't want to be that team.

"We came here with full belief we could challenge. I expect us to be better. I will stick with the players, but they know it's not good enough.

"We have let everyone down and what we have to do now is put it right as quickly as we can."