August 2005
31/08/05
MIDDLESBROUGH are to make a renewed bid for Rangers winger Peter Lovenkrands amid fears that winger Stewart Downing will be out for three months with a knee cartilage problem.
30/08/05
MIDDLESBROUGH'S search for a playmaking midfielder appears to be approaching a fruitful end with Brazilian Fabio Rochemback expected to join ahead of tomorrow's transfer deadline.
29/08/05
WHEN the Ayresome Park gates had been cleaned, released from storage and unveiled in front of Middlesbrough's modern Riverside Stadium home, memories of a proud, albeit less glamorous, past came flooding back.
29/08/05
FURIOUS Steve McClaren last night blasted his Middlesbrough players by declaring: "You have let yourselves and everyone at the club down.''
26/08/05
Stewart Downing reckons he has the perfect solution to Steve McClaren's striker conundrum - play them all together in a three-pronged attack.
25/08/05
MARK Viduka last night reaffirmed his commitment to the Middlesbrough cause and assured fans that the weight of summer speculation surrounding his future has not affected his preparations for the new campaign.
24/08/05
STEVE McClaren last night claimed a fully-fit Mark Viduka was as good as any striker in the Premiership after the Australian's virtuoso display single-handedly destroyed Birmingham.
23/08/05
MIDDLESBROUGH have warned clubs interested in signing Mark Viduka to stay away - as manager Steve McClaren aims to help the Aussie become one of the best strikers in the Premiership again.
22/08/05
MIDDLESBROUGH'S Mark Viduka has received the ultimate compliment from manager Steve McClaren who hailed the 29-year-old as his 'number one striker'.
19/08/05
STEVE McClaren last night insisted England were still on track for the World Cup finals, but admitted Wednesday's humiliating 4-1 defeat to Denmark had been a wake-up call for the entire nation.
18/08/05
STEVE McClaren last night threw down the gauntlet to his rising stars of the future.
17/08/05
MIDDLESBROUGH hope to hold urgent talks with Rudolph Douala's representatives later today after the Sporting Lisbon striker performed a shock U-turn and turned his back on a move to Teesside.
16/08/05
MIDDLESBROUGH have finally agreed a deal with Sporting Lisbon for lightning-quick winger Rudolph Douala.
15/08/05
BOLO ZENDEN has pointed the finger at Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb for making sure the Dutchman's return to the Riverside was one to forget.
12/08/05
STEVE McCLAREN insists Rudolph Douala remains Middlesbrough's top transfer regardless of the speedy winger's cup-tied status for a UEFA Cup push if he did sign.
11/08/05
MIDDLESBROUGH are to enlist the help of the Austrian FA in an attempt to get Emanuel Pogatetz's mammoth 24-week ban overturned.
10/08/05
FRANCK QUEUDRUE has urged Russian football chiefs to show leniency and give Emanuel Pogatetz the green light to start his new Middlesbrough career sooner rather than later.
09/08/05
RAY Parlour last night threw his weight behind Steve McClaren's search for midfield re-inforcements and urged the Boro boss not to give up on his pursuit of Rudolph Douala.
08/08/05
STEVE McClaren is today hoping to be given the green light to play Emanuel Pogatetz as the Russian FA prepares to overturn his six-month ban.
05/08/05
STEVE McClaren remains confident of bringing in the two players he feels Middlesbrough are still short of, despite admitting he was rapidly running out of options with the start of the new season fast approaching.
03/08/05
CRYSTAL PALACE want Middlesbrough's Joseph Job to become Andrew Johnson's long-term strike partner at Selhurst Park.
02/08/05
MIDDLESBROUGH chairman Steve Gibson last night told Newcastle counterpart Freddy Shepherd he would have to dig deep to sign striker Mark Viduka.
01/08/05
STEVE McClaren is quietly confident George Boateng will escape a costly Premiership ban, despite the midfielder's dismissal against Sporting Lisbon on Friday night.