Championship roundup: Mackay hopes Cardiff’s play-off luck will change
Malky Mackay claims his Cardiff side's Carling Cup adventure will help to end their play-off hoodoo. The Bluebirds booked a play-off spot for the third season in a row after coming from behind to beat Crystal Palace 2-1, but Mackay is confident they wi...
Middlesbrough cling to play-off hope as Southampton lose their nerve
• 'Our destiny still in our own hands' insists upbeat Adkins• Boro hoping for last-day favour from Palace to leapfrog CardiffAs Southampton's team bus headed back across the A66 towards Darlington and a flight home from Durham Tees Valley airport i...
Middlesbrough 2-1 Southampton | Championship match report
Merouane Zemmama's sublime winning free-kick kept Middlesbrough's hopes of reaching the play-offs flickering on an evening when Tony Mowbray's side delighted in ruining Southampton's proposed promotion party.Victory would have offered Nigel Adkins's si...
Parliament would benefit from a move to Middlesbrough
MPs and peers would get a better idea of how tough life has become for many of their fellow Britons. Guest blogger Andy Grossett puts the Teesside caseLord Adonis has suggested moving the House of Lords to the North, possibly Manchester. It's good to ...
Middlesbrough 0-2 Cardiff City | Championship match report
Middlesbrough's ambitions were set back by this home defeat by their play-off rivals, but their manager, Tony Mowbray, insists his side can still finish in the top six in the Championship.Cardiff's victory, thanks to two early goals, enabled them to le...
Ipswich 1-1 Middlesbrough | Championship match report
• Midfielder makes amends for saved penalty by scoring• Middlesbrough register third successive drawGrant Leadbitter and Lukas Jutkiewicz both went from villain to hero as Ipswich and Middlesbrough shared the spoils at Portman Road.An ordinary firs...
West Ham United 1-1 Middlesbrough | Championship match report
Sam Allardyce admitted that his team's unconvincing home form could sabotage their automatic promotion bid after a fifth successive draw at Upton Park. West Ham had seemed on course to bludgeon their way to victory thanks to a freakish headed own goal ...
Middlesbrough 0-2 Leeds United | Championship match report
The Championship's promotion pretenders will be glancing, nervously, over their shoulders after Neil Warnock's first win as Leeds United's manager propelled his new side into play‑off contention.Although Leeds remain 10th they are a mere four points ...
