Boro Mania

Middlesbrough reserve striker Tom Craddock continued his fantastic form by following up his hat-trick against Sunderland and brace against Hull by scoring another two goals away to Everton reserves

Josh Walker is a versatile defensive midfielder, he has captained England at U16, U17 and U18 levels.

Nathan Porritt is a young winger/forward who shot to fame a few years ago at the centre of a “tapping up” scandal shown on BBC’s Panorama programme. Now, at 18, he is a regular for the reserves and has appeared on the Boro bench already this season.

Middlesbrough will be represented by two of their academy players in the England squad for the Victory Shield.

Boro have seen a number of late goals go in against them season, Huth OG against Spurs, Gerrard’s winner at Anfield and Jermaine Defoe’s late winner for Portsmouth. The reserves now know how the first team feel, leading with 5 minutes to go they drew their game with Hull 2-2.

Middlesbrough FC were represented by two academy scholars as England beat Holland 2-1 at Shrewsbury Town’s Prostar Stadium.

Young full-back Rhys Williams has been called upto the Welsh seniors in recognition of his efforts in the U-21’s.

I’d would like to take this opportunity to say a big well done to Dave Parnaby and all concerned with the Middlesbrough Academy set up. Over this last week no fewer than 17 Middlesbrough players have received international recognition at various levels.

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2004 was a vintage year for Middlesbrough FC. Captain Gareth Southgate became the first ‘Boro captain to lift a major tropy as we beat Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup 2-1. It was also the year our Academy produced an FA Youth Cup winning team containing players like [...]