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Rob Fletcher
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Writer of 90s football books.
Podcaster for These Football Times.
On the radio with The Red.
Setup Boro Mag.
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🇫🇷 Icons: Zinedine Zidane. @robfletcher.bsky.social @themagicofthecup.bsky.social discuss the je ne sais quoi of Zizou.

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March 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Decades: 1998/99. The Treble, weird transfers and weirder kits, with @robfletcher.bsky.social and Alex Ireland. Football. Bloody hell.

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December 20, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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Nii Lamptey 50 today

Remember him? Championship Manager legend & a teenage sensation dubbed the new 'Pele'

Played for a number of clubs, most notably Anderlecht, PSV, Aston Villa & Coventry City

Injuries, pressure & family reasons stopped Lamptey fulfilling his potential
December 10, 2024 at 6:59 AM
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Young managers, sky-high ticket prices and the end of the 3pm blackout. Are we entering the second era of 21st-century football? With @robfletcher.bsky.social, @themagicofthecup.bsky.social and @allbluedaze.bsky.social

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December 9, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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Rob Fletcher @robfletcher.bsky.social joins us this week to discuss a Hull of a week for Boro… Listen to the latest podcast episode from 6am tomorrow! ☀️
December 2, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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Here we go then... the first keeper in my #BoroTeamSheetProject and it simply had to be Stephen Pears. Still need to do a few tweaks here and there but he's just about done. Absolute legend for the #Boro and all round nice guy too #Teesside #UtB
December 1, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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Rarely is a manager able to leave out a striker just seven days after scoring a hat-trick. It's benefiting #Boro and keeping opposition guessing.

Latte Lath & Conway have 15 goals between them. Conway has the best mins per goal ratio in Champ

✍️ Analysis
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Carrick is in unique Middlesbrough position - which leaves Burnley & Leeds guessing
Analysis of Middlesbrough's 3-1 win over Hull City at the Riverside
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December 1, 2024 at 12:13 PM
The one we’ve all been waiting for!

It’s the #Boro season.

Juninho
Ravanelli
Emerson
Relegation
Two lost cup finals
Man U in the rain
…and 3 POINTS!!

Have a listen. #UTB
Decades: 1996/97. United win again, Newcastle sign Shearer, Boro reach two cup finals and lots more drama, with @robfletcher.bsky.social, @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and Alex Ireland.

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November 29, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Thoughts:
- we need a creator in the 10 every game
- the big switch worked when we used it
- Conway and LL don’t link up
- Borges needs to peeper the box with crosses (hello Ryan Giles in January)
- Howson should be used for late game cameos only
- Hamilton is worse than Silvera
Defeat at the Riverside.
November 27, 2024 at 10:24 PM
So if the rumours are true it looks like there’s a few missing tonight and I’ve heard the #Boro XI is:

Dibble

Varga
Kinder
Whelan
St Ledger

Yeates
Debeve
Michael Thomas
Marinelli

King
Freestone

Going to take a lot to keep the run going but we can do it! #UTB
November 27, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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What do the next five years look like for Manchester United? What constitutes success? And might it be more of the same? With @robfletcher.bsky.social and Alex Ireland.

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November 25, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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New podcast episode just dropped 2 days early! 🚨

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Latte Lath's Oxford Masterclass | Typical Boro Ep 10
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November 24, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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DO. NOT. MISS. THIS. HIGHLIGHT. PACKAGE!!

Link below to watch the full highlights from Yesterday's @mfc.co.uk watch along.

Things got wet...

#UTB #WTN

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HIT EM FOR 6! | Oxford United 2 - Middlesbrough 6 | Highlights and Reaction
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November 24, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Best attack in the league?
#Boro
#UTB
November 24, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Some what ifs for January:

Scenario 1: stay as we are and don’t sign or sell.

Scenario 2: one big sale and reinvest in 2/3 quality players

Scenario 3: take the biggest offers for anyone and reinvest up to £10m

What do you reckon #Boro fans?

And who do you want to buy? #UTB
November 24, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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The 50 Best Club Teams of the Last 100 Years

Before I get into my list of the best 50 club teams of the last 100 years, I wanted to lay out some of the criteria behind it.
November 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Aaron Danks finding out he wasn’t the reason Boro couldn’t score goals. #UTB #Boro
a man is sitting on a swing in the grass
ALT: a man is sitting on a swing in the grass
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November 23, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Azeez scoring for Millwall against the Mackems to equalise in the dying minutes after an Azaz masterclass for #Boro is poetic.

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November 23, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Before they hosted the Boro. Oxford had conceded 5 goals at home all season.

You just got Carricked.

#Boro #UTB
November 23, 2024 at 4:48 PM
All about these two.

About £6m total spent on them.

Now fully firing.

Let’s have a Latte Lath hat trick second half.
November 23, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Big ✅ for me
Ok, after more thought, here’s my line up prediction:

Brynn
Ayling
Borges
Edmundson
Clarke
Howson
Barlaser
Doak
Azaz
Burgzorg
Latte Lath
Predicting a tough game today for Boro.

Line up thoughts:
- Hope Dieng is well enough to play
- I think Doak and McGree will be on the bench
- Latte Lath to start up front
- Howson and Barlaser CMs
- Forss to play 20+ minutes
- Narrow Boro win by the odd goal

#Boro #UTB
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM