Middlesbrough FA Cup 4th rd Match Thread

[mab]

Ref Watch The Football Association have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game against Accrington Stanley this Saturday.

Middlesbrough host Accrington Stanley on Saturday January 22 for the FA Cup fourth round tie at the Riverside Stadium and the match carries a 3pm kick off.


Referee: Anthony Taylor
Linesmen: Scott Ledger and Marc Perry
Fourth Official: Jeremy Simpson

Match Day referee Taylor has officiated 25 games in 2016/17 with a return of 88 yellow cards and three red cards.

This season his highest card count is eight yellow cards in the game between Leicester City and West Ham. He showed seven in the game between Chelsea and West Ham and five yellows and two reds in the Manchester City tie against Chelsea.

He took in 44 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 147 yellow cards and six red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Watford and Crystal Palace on September 27 with a total of eight yellows being shown.

[Exile on Spencer St]

And we thought we were going to watch the football

[AccyMad]

Originally Posted by Exile on Spencer St

And we thought we were going to watch the football

Let's hope we are & it's not the ref show as it often is in our league!

[monkey hanger]

who,ll be suspended for the next league game i wonder.

[cashman]

To be honest i dont really expect us to win, all i require is the same effort the lads put in against Carlisle, owt else will be a massive bonus.if we do that it will be well worth the journey,like West Ham was.

[mab]

Boro fan who sponsors Accrington Stanley has divided loyalties over Cup clash - Gazette Live I'm a bit confused

[Mr T]

why the confusion??

ASFC and Plastic Box are owned by 0404 Investments which is the company Andy Holt runs all his businesses through. Also in the group are What More and Readstone Construction.

[Chrisr]

I can't be at the match but I will be rooting for the team. I think we can nick it. cool heads and the spirit we showed last week would do it.

[mab]

'Middlesbrough are up against the Battersea Dogs Home of lower-division football' - Accrington Stanley view - Gazette Live

“They are the Battersea Dogs Home of lower division football, taking in strays and re-homing players who’ve been given no chance by anybody else.

That's a new one

[ossy kid]

If ever Stanley needed a reason to raise their game [but they shouldn't] it's being compared with strays from a dogs home. Let's hope they have lots of bite this afternoon.

[AccyMad]

Originally Posted by mab

'Middlesbrough are up against the Battersea Dogs Home of lower-division football' - Accrington Stanley view - Gazette Live That's a new one

Cheeky blighters! Then again I suppose we've had worse descriptions -

[cashman]

Originally Posted by mab

'Middlesbrough are up against the Battersea Dogs Home of lower-division football' - Accrington Stanley view - Gazette Live That's a new one

Fair enough i hope we bite em.

[Exile on Spencer St]

The quote appears to be from Dan Jewell, not the paper itself (on account of the fact that most on-line papers don't employ journalists but simply trawl the Internet for quotes).
It's a pretty good comparison, IMHO. The Battersea Dogs Home takes in waifs and strays, of any size, breed or age, and rehouses them. It's also an old, nationally well know, underfunded, but much loved organisation. Just like Stanley.

[thornabyred]

Evening Gazette have 2 guys who do all the boro stuff and never heard of him.

[monkey hanger]

remember what they say about stick and stones. statements like that just go through one eye and out the other.