Commemorative Books Coverage List Middlesbrough 2021 Date of Paper Pages Event Covered (Daily Mirror unless stated) 17 April 1927 Page 22 Middlesbrough are Division 2 champions 5 May 1929 Page 30 Middlesbrough are Division 2 champions 19 Nov 1933 Page 38 Middlesbrough 10 Sheffield United 3 11 Dec 1938 Page 31 Middlesbrough 9 Blackpool 2 7 May 1949 Page 11 Micky Fenton player-coach at Middlesbrough 28 Dec 1949 Page 10 Middlesbrough 1 Newcastle 0 2 Oct 1950 Page 11 Middlesbrough 8 Huddersfield 0 28 April 1954 Page 13 Middlesbrough appoint Bob Dennison as their manager 26 Dec 1954 Page 17 Wilf Mannion sold to Hull after 18 years at Middlesbrough 16 Sept 1955 Page 16 19 year-old Brian Clough to make his Middlesbrough debut against Barnsley 17 May 1967 Page 27 Middlesbrough 4 Oxford United 1 6 Jan 1971 Page 23 Middlesbrough 2 Manchester United 1 (FA Cup 3rd Round replay) 8 May 1973 Page 32 Middlesbrough appoint Jack Charlton as their manager 31 March 1974 Page 45 Middlesbrough are Division 2 champions after 1-0 win Luton 14 Jan 1976 Pages 27 and back Middlesbrough 1 Manchester City 0 (League Cup semi-final 1st leg) 6 Feb 1977 Pages 46 and back Middlesbrough 2 Tottenham 0 20 May 1980 Page 31 Middlesbrough 5 Arsenal 0 24 Oct 1982 Back Page Middlesbrough appoint Malcolm Allison as their manager 30 March 1984 Page 30 Middlesbrough appoint Jack Charlton as their manager again 5 Aug 1986 Page 26 Consortium led by Steve Gibson attempt to save Middlesbrough from extinction 16 May 1988 Page 24 Bradford 2 Middlesbrough 1 (First Division Playoff 1st leg) 19 May 1988 Back page Middlesbrough 2 Bradford 0 (First Division Playoff 2nd leg) 26 May 1988 Back Page Middlesbrough 2 Chelsea 0 (Play-off Final 1st leg) 29 May 1988 Pages 46 & 47 Middlesbrough beat Chelsea 2-1 on aggregate to win promotion to Division 1 2 Oct 1988 Page 42 Coventry 3 Middlesbrough 4 5 Mar 1992 Back page Middlesbrough 0 Manchester United 0 (Rumbelow’s Cup semi-final 1st leg) 23 Aug 1992 Page 39 Middlesbrough 4 Leeds 1 19 May 1994 Back page Middlesbrough appoint Bryan Robson as their manager 9 Aug 1995 Page 27 Middlesbrough sign Nick Barmby from Tottenham for £5.25million 28 Aug 1995 Score page 5 Middlesbrough 2 Chelsea 0 5 Nov 1995 Pages 66 & 67 £4.75million Brazilian star Juninho makes his debut against Leeds 9 Nov 1995 Page 38 Middlesbrough 2 Crystal Palace 0 (Coca-Cola 3rd Round replay) 15 May 1996 Page 27 Middlesbrough sign Brazilian star Emerson from Porto for £4million 18 Aug 1996 Back page Middlesbrough draw 3-3 with Liverpool with Ravanelli hat-trick 19 Sept 1996 Back page Middlesbrough 7 Hereford 0 (Coca-Cola Cup 2nd Round) 28 Nov 1996 Pages 26 & 27 Middlesbrough 3 Newcastle 1 (Coca-Cola Cup 4th Round) 7 April 1997 Pages 30 & 31 Middlesbrough 1 Leicester 1 (Coca-Cola Cup Final) 14 April 1997 Pages 30 & 31 Middlesbrough 3 Chesterfield 3 (FA Cup semi-final) 17 April 1997 Pages 32, 33 and back Leicester 1 Middlesbrough 0 (Coca-Cola Cup Final replay) 23 April 1997 Pages 30, 31 and back Middlesbrough 3 Chesterfield 0 (FA Cup semi-final replay) 18 May 1997 Pages 74 & 75 Chelsea 2 Middlesbrough 0 (FA Cup Final) 8 July 1997 Back page Middlesbrough sign Paul Merson from Arsenal for £5million 27 March 1998 Page 54 Paul Gascoigne joins Middlesbrough from Rangers 30 March 1998 Pages 38 & 39 Chelsea 2 Middlesbrough 0 (Coca-Cola Cup Final) 4 May 1998 Mania pages 2 & 3 Middlesbrough 4 Oxford 1 (promoted to the Premiership) 31 July 1999 Page 53 Middlesbrough sign Paul Ince for £1 million from Liverpool 27 Feb 2000 Page 85 Middlesbrough draw 0-0 against Leeds 15 April 2000 Page 57 Tribute to Middlesbrough legend Wilf Mannion, who dies age 81 5 Dec 2000 Back page Terry Venables takes over as coach 13 June 2001 Page 41 Steve McClaren becomes Middlesbrough manager 12 July 2001 Page 61 Middlesbrough sign Gareth Southgate from Aston Villa for £6.5million 11 March 2002 Mania pages 2 & 3 Middlesbrough 3 Everton 0 (FA Cup quarter-final) 15 April 2002 Pages 50 & 51 Arsenal 1 Middlesbrough 0 (FA Cup semi-final) 4 July 2002 Pages 60 and back Juninho and Massimo Maccarone arrive in a £13million double deal 27 Dec 2002 Pages 50 & 51 Middlesbrough 3 Manchester United 1 6 March 2003 Pages 66 & 67 Middlesbrough 1 Newcastle 0 (record Riverside 34,814 attendance) 4 May 2003 The Prem pages 2 & 3 Middlesbrough 5 Tottenham 1 4 Feb 2004 Pages 46 & 47 Middlesbrough beat Arsenal 3-1 on aggregate (Carling Cup semi-final) 12 Feb 2004 Pages 70 ,71 and back Manchester United 2 Middlesbrough 3 1 March 2004 Pages 50, 51 and back Middlesbrough 2 Bolton 1 (Carling Cup Final) 17 Sept 2004 Page 69 Middlesbrough 3 Banik Ostrava 0 (UEFA Cup 1st Round 1st leg) 11 May 2005 Premplus page 10 Middlesbrough 1 Tottenham 0 30 Oct 2005 Premplus pages 2 & 3 Middlesbrough 4 Manchester United 1 12 Feb 2006 Premplus pages 8 & 9 Middlesbrough 3 Chelsea 0 17 Feb 2006 Page 68 Vfb Stuttgart 1 Middlesbrough 2 (UEFA Cup 3rd Round 1st leg) 10 Mar 2006 Page 68 Middlesbrough 1 Roma 0 (UEFA Cup last 16, 1st leg) 7 Apr 2006 Pages 76 & 77 Middlesbrough 4 FC Basle 1 (UEFA Cup quarter-final 2nd leg) 28 Apr 2006 Pages 76 & 77 Middlesbrough 4 Steaua Bucharest 2 (UEFA Cup semi-final 2nd leg) 11 May 2006 Pages 68, 69, 70 & 71 Middlesbrough 0 Sevilla 4 (UEFA Cup Final) 21 Jan 2007 Premplus page 5 Middlesbrough 5 Bolton 1 8 Apr 2007 Premplus page 16 Middlesbrough 4 Watford 1 12 May 2008 Mania pages 5 & 6 Middlesbrough 8 Manchester City 1 1 Mar 2009 Premplus pages 8 & 9 Middlesbrough 2 Liverpool 0 20 Sep 2010 Mania page 16 Middlesbrough 3 Reading 1 17 Jan 2011 Mania page 16 Bristol City 0 Middlesbrough 4 22 Aug 2011 Football page 15 Middlesbrough 3 Birmingham 1 31 Oct 2012 Page 64 Sunderland 0 Middlesbrough 1 (Capital One Cup 4th Round) 16 Dec 2012 Football page 15 Middlesbrough 2 Wolves 0 23 Dec 2013 Football page 16 Millwall 0 Middlesbrough 2 27 Dec 2013 Football page 14 Middlesbrough 1 Burnley 0 14 Dec 2014 Football page 14 Middlesbrough 2 Derby 0 25 Jan 2015 Football pages 2 & 3 Manchester City 0 Middlesbrough 2 (FA Cup 4th Round) 15 Mar 2015 Football page 15 Middlesbrough 4 Ipswich 1 9 May 2015 Football page 8 Brentford 1 Middlesbrough 2 (Playoff semi-final 1st leg) 16 May 2015 Football page 12 Middlesbrough 3 Brentford 0 (Playoff semi-final 2nd leg) 8 May 2016 Page 67 and Middlesbrough 1 Brighton 1 (promoted to the Premier League) Football pages 8 & 9 9 May 2016 Football pages 8 & 9 3 Mar 2018 Football page 8 Middlesbrough 3 Leeds 0 29 Apr 2018 Football page 12 Middlesbrough 2 Millwall 0 20 Sep 2018 Page 56 Middlesbrough 2 Bolton 0 30 Dec 2019 Football page 15 West Brom 0 Middlesbrough 2 14 Mar 2020 Pages 2 & 3 Football is cancelled for 3 months due to the coronavirus pandemic 21 Feb 2021 Football page 15 Reading 0 Middlesbrough 2 TOTAL PAGES 134 .