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Middlesborough ‘Smoggies’ v Rovers: 8th December 2018

Barmitzvah Boy

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As Christmas approaches I will be forgoing shopping for slippers, sherry and stollen to make the drive over the Pennines with a mate of mine to the land of the Smoggies. This will also be an opportunity for me to have a look at my share investment in Sirius Minerals who are building a minerals handling facility at the nearby former ICI Wilton to export polyhalite around the World and hopefully keep me in luxury cruises for the rest of my life.......
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Enough of Sirius and their 27km long shaft what about the former magician supporter of the Boro and his very own sausage, here is Paul Daniels sharing his sausage with his Missus:
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Other famous fans include Roy Chubby Brown who is pictured doing an impression of Abbey in his wresting outfit when he was in his sporting prime, what a fine figure of a man :eek::D:
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So why are they called the Smoggies? Rumour has it (this is false news created by Marxist Corbynites) is due to the former factories, especially Dorman Long, that used to spew there smoke, dust and pollution over the good working folk of Middlesborough. Nah, that is a load of tripe. It is in fact derived from the Scandanavian gastronomic smorgasbord; the local Middlesborough and Hartlepool version being a ‘smoggy-board’ of deep fried billy goat testicles, curried sheep brain, elder and slow cooked cows eyes.
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Our own celebrity fan Kate Garraway is a big fan of fried testicles and here she is licking her lips with joy after gobbling a couple down:
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However back to the question of celebrity fans. Did you know that Captain James Cook was a local Middlesborough boy although he was brought up in nearby Whitby. He didn’t manage to get to many games given he was away at sea so often exploring far away lands and swapping glass marbles for land that was to become part of our British Empire, we could do with him now leading Brexit negotiations as he was jolly good at getting one over those Johnny Foreigners. I sourced an image of him in a good mood after he discovered the Cook Islands that he managed to purchase for a bag of his best marbles:
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I cannot finish this detailed analytical preview of the big match without mentioning big Tony. Our manager of course is a big hero for the Smoggies having been a fan, player and manager. Even last week he was telling Rovers fans how his Dad used to sneak him into the ground without paying. I suspect that the Boro may be asking for payment for lost gate income. How Rovers could do with a Mowbray type defender in our team at present. He took no prisoners.
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Drog

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Nice preview BB. However a clue as to why 4000 holes continually overlook you might be found in the final paragraph. Tony Mowbray was best known as a defender.;)

Anyway for students of these things, whilst I'm not sure of the date of this nor the criteria involved ........... guess which two managers have the best %age win stats in the Championship? http://www.managerstats.co.uk/championship/
 

Barmitzvah Boy

Global winner of the 2021 Christmas Quiz 👊🤩🤩
Nice preview BB. However a clue as to why 4000 holes continually overlook you might be found in the final paragraph. Tony Mowbray was best known as a defender.;)

Anyway for students of these things, whilst I'm not sure of the date of this nor the criteria involved ........... guess which two managers have the best %age win stats in the Championship? http://www.managerstats.co.uk/championship/
I defer to your greater knowledge Gordon. :innocent: The preview has now been edited.
 

khmerblue

Senior Member
WE ALWAYS GET DECENT RESULTS AT boro,remenber when shefki kuchi got a couple up there,we once tubbed em 5-nowt at the old ground,tiresome park.After saturdays results for both teams im going 3-1 rovers.
 

AllRoverAsia

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A point at Boro would be an ok start to a hell of a run of difficult fixtures up to an including Millwall away well into January.

Our squad is going to be tested and I hope that we have fortune on our side including and that few injuries if any occur.

Free internet or failing that iFollow to get a hammering.
 
Enjoying this season as much as any for a long time. Avoiding defeat would do for me, but Rovers' run of results show just how volatile this league is, so no prediction. It would be nice to win mind. The Smoggies are a quite a begrudging, bitter lot - it's historically in Yorkshire after all. They also seem to share similar delusions of grandeur as their bigger north-east neighbours, replete with pretentiously named Chad Valley new ground. One thing I used to like about going to Middlesboro; it made Blackburn look like Harrogate or Buxton in comparison.
 
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Drog

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Villa oops....... Boro :blush:will be smarting as much as we were until 3pm on Saturday and I can't see that wobble continuing under a manager like Pulis. Pretty sure that the rovers will face intimidation both on and off the pitch and it will be a stern test of character. After PNE and Wigan I questioned whether or not we had a soft centre. December will provide the answer.
 
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