Middlesbrough On This Day: History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year

by Gordon Rees, Tosh Warwick, Shaun Wilson

Overview

Middlesbrough On This Day revisits the most magical and memorable moments from the club's glorious past, mixing in a maelstrom of anecdotes and characters to produce an irresistibly dippable Boro diary with an entry for every day of the year.

From the club's foundations in the 1870s to 21st-century exploits at the Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough On This Day brings together decades of research by Tosh Warwick, Gordon Rees and Shaun Wilson as they revisit the famous matches, greatest players, quirky tales and heart-breaking times in the roller-coaster history of Middlesbrough FC.

Exploring more than 140 years of life at Boro, the book revisits the exploits of club legends such as George Camsell, Wilf Mannion, Brian Clough, Tony Mowbray and Bernie Slaven in this journey through time. From Boro's early amateur trophy success to John Hickton's famous penalty run-ups, Juninho's jinking runs to Maccarone-inspired magical European nights at the Riverside Stadium, it's all here!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781801506656
Publisher:	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	11/15/2024
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.67(w) x 8.74(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Dr Tosh Warwick is a Heritage Consultant and Historian with Heritage Unlocked and Research Associate in Urban Studies at the University of Sheffield. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Tosh has expertise in urban history and heritage and has appeared as an expert contributor for BBC TV and Radio (Match of the Day 2, Great British Railway Journeys, Who Do You Think You Are? BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Local Radio), ITV and Channel 5. He is author of numerous articles and several books on Teesside’s heritage including Central Middlesbrough Through Time (2013), Memories of Middlesbrough in the 1970s and 1980s (2020) Memories of Mannion: South Bank's Golden Boy (2020), Historic Middlesbrough (2022), and is also co-author of River Tees: From Source to Sea (2016).