Boro Game Off

by Scott Thornberry - 23rd July 2009

boro game off

 

The game was to take place next Wednesday evening and was the last of the home pre season fixtures.  But Colin Todd today asked Middlesbrough to cancel the fixture due to injuries to his squad.

Talking to The Northern Echo Todd said "It's very unfortunate that we've had to do this," admitted Todd. "It is very disappointing. From the club's point of view, this game was a valuable fixture, and it was an attractive match for our fans as well."

All fans who have already bought tickets for the game can get a refund from the ticket office.  Our own remaining pre season friendly is on August 1st away to Bradford Park Avenue.

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bigbusterbrowne - 23rd July 2009 16:11:57

just seen this

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/ ... _friendly/

German exile - 23rd July 2009 16:12:11

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/ ... _friendly/

Be called off by Toddy due to injuries affecting our already small squad.

quaker4life - 23rd July 2009 16:16:23

Bloody hell!

Amazing how many injuries you can get from a few friendlies :shock:

tdk1 - 23rd July 2009 16:19:20

Balls. Well I was keeping my money back for that one, as I was on holiday for the Barcodes and Sunlun games. If I'd known that the Boro game would be off, I would have gone last night.
I'm a bit gutted about that, truth be told.

Quakerz - 23rd July 2009 16:20:47

Personally I think Todd is playing it safe, maybe there are one or two niggles but playing against Boro is putting the players in the shop window again, and also it is a match we are certain to lose. Perhaps he wants the 0-0 to Hamilton to be the point we build from, instead of a good dicking off Boro.

The more I see from Todd the more impressed I become.

tdk1 - 23rd July 2009 16:23:22

Yeah, fair points. I wasn't expecting them to put it on just for me, I'm just disappointed. Oh well, Leeds at home's my first trip back this year then.

quakersam - 23rd July 2009 16:29:44

Who's going to Bradford Park Avenue then :D I probably will, don't often get an away friendly that's not Norton or Billingham

I_were_a_mascot - 23rd July 2009 16:37:45

If the money from the match was going to the administrators all along then what is the point in risking injuries to a small squad.

Superb move by Todd, Raj.

quaker4life - 23rd July 2009 16:48:55

I_were_a_mascot wrote:If the money from the match was going to the administrators all along then what is the point in risking injuries to a small squad.

Superb move by Todd, Raj.
It looks like Todd made that decision, Raj has no control yet.

Hawkeye - 23rd July 2009 17:10:26

Quakerz wrote:The more I see from Todd the more impressed I become.
:lol:

About 3 days ago you were suggesting he was an incompetent moron who didn't know his arse from his elbow!

Ned_Flanders - 23rd July 2009 17:31:00

We must be the laughing stock of England by now. :oops:

Markodarlo - 23rd July 2009 18:14:08

Theres a rabbit off here. :think:

quaker4life - 23rd July 2009 18:26:12

Markodarlo wrote:Theres a rabbit off here. :think:
It does make you wonder surely it can't be that bad that we've had to a cancel a friendly?!

If the squad is that stretched now imagine what it's going to be like in the league! :shock:

DL5 - 23rd July 2009 18:33:00

Markodarlo wrote:Theres a rabbit off here. :think:
I agree, Toddy could put the youth team out and take the revenue off a 2.5k? gate quite easily, it doesn't add up.

quaker4life - 23rd July 2009 18:39:09

DL5 wrote:
Markodarlo wrote:Theres a rabbit off here. :think:
I agree, Toddy could put the youth team out and take the revenue off a 2.5k? gate quite easily, it doesn't add up.
I think there was around 1,000 for the same game last season? Still not a bad turn out for a friendly and it brought a bit of money in.

And I agree it is strange!

DL5 - 23rd July 2009 18:46:05

quaker4life wrote:
DL5 wrote:
Markodarlo wrote:Theres a rabbit off here. :think:
I agree, Toddy could put the youth team out and take the revenue off a 2.5k? gate quite easily, it doesn't add up.
I think there was around 1,000 for the same game last season? Still not a bad turn out for a friendly and it brought a bit of money in.

And I agree it is strange!
Only 1000?, that surprises me, I should remember I was there but did leave after the 5th went in so maybe you're right :lol: . Even 1000 will give us a tidy profit for the night though

Lawman3 - 23rd July 2009 18:48:46

There were nearly 5,000 last year.

micra3 - 23rd July 2009 18:49:22

Micra 3 frist to break the news

Even beat the northern echo, also Another thing to tell you first is that Mr sing is not a happy bunny :thumbdown:

micra3 - 23rd July 2009 18:49:55

Why can we never just stick to the first thread??

quaker4life - 23rd July 2009 18:51:30

Lawman3 wrote:There were nearly 5,000 last year.
No there wasn't.

Sorry micra but people tend to post in the first thread they come across and this one is more active than yours!

And I take it Singh is unhappy about the match being cancelled?

DL5 - 23rd July 2009 18:51:45

micra3 wrote:Micra 3 frist to break the news

Even beat the northern echo, also Another thing to tell you first is that Mr sing is not a happy bunny :thumbdown:
We're listening

DL5 - 23rd July 2009 18:54:10

quaker4life wrote:
Lawman3 wrote:There were nearly 5,000 last year.
No there wasn't.
There was a lot more than a thousand, the chimney smokers had a decent turn out in the East stand

quaker4life - 23rd July 2009 19:03:13

DL5 wrote:
quaker4life wrote:
Lawman3 wrote:There were nearly 5,000 last year.
No there wasn't.
There was a lot more than a thousand, the chimney smokers had a decent turn out in the East stand
I must have the wrong game then, sorry!

micra3 - 23rd July 2009 19:12:10

Mr sing was going to bring alot of people to the game and believes that it would have been an exciting match. Plus middlesbrough is his home team and he really does like them.
Out of all of the teams we were scheduled to play he really wanted to play middlesbrough the most.

quakersam - 23rd July 2009 19:40:03

Attendance last season for the Boro game was 5811 (3193 visitors). I think your getting mixed up with St Mirren where there was only 1135 (289 visitors).

Sam

quaker4life - 23rd July 2009 19:49:39

quakersam wrote:Attendance last season for the Boro game was 5811 (3193 visitors). I think your getting mixed up with St Mirren where there was only 1135 (289 visitors).

Sam
That's the one, thanks sam!

divas - 23rd July 2009 20:15:16

it was the season before that when there was only around 1k against boro

todd wasnt happy with the friendlies against higher placed clubs he's said as much, looks like it was his decision to can it for morale reasons i'd have thought

quaker4life - 23rd July 2009 20:20:57

divas wrote:it was the season before that when there was only around 1k against boro

todd wasnt happy with the friendlies against higher placed clubs he's said as much, looks like it was his decision to can it for morale reasons i'd have thought
Yeah but at the end of the day surely the games were a formality?

The whole point of them was to raise some much needed funds for the club?

divas - 23rd July 2009 20:30:00

quaker4life wrote:
divas wrote:it was the season before that when there was only around 1k against boro

todd wasnt happy with the friendlies against higher placed clubs he's said as much, looks like it was his decision to can it for morale reasons i'd have thought
Yeah but at the end of the day surely the games were a formality?

The whole point of them was to raise some much needed funds for the club?
indeed they were, but im not sure todd sees it that way listening to what he had to say about the games against newcastle and sunderland.

Spyman - 23rd July 2009 22:57:12

micra3 wrote:Mr sing was going to bring alot of people to the game and believes that it would have been an exciting match. Plus middlesbrough is his home team and he really does like them.
Out of all of the teams we were scheduled to play he really wanted to play middlesbrough the most.
So what you're saying is that Raj Singh is another blinkered owner who has only bought the club for his own ends?