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UEFA CUP SPECIAL
The latest news and previews, a blog from our reporters in Eindhoven, a picture gallery charting Boro's historic journey and a live UEFA Cup final match report.

Boro fall short in cup marathon
ON the day that the world's most famous distance race snaked through the streets of London, Middlesbrough's FA Cup marathon finally came to a shuddering halt at the hands of a team from the capital.

McClaren: use defeat to spur UEFA victory
A REFLECTIVE Steve McClaren last night urged his shell-shocked Middlesbrough players to use the bitter taste of FA Cup semi-final defeat as a motivating factor ahead of Thursday's make-or-break UEFA Cup showdown with Steaua Bucharest.

Downing shines for Teessiders in dour semi-final defeat
VILLA PARK has been the scene of many FA Cup semi-final triumphs over the decades and an equal amount of heartache stories.