Talking Middlesbrough -
George to Juninho

Volume One talks in depth to some of the most important players and characters in Middlesbrough Football club’s eventful post-war history about the events that are ingrained in every fans’ memories. Terrace idols have been interviewed to establish what it was really like to be a Boro player and to record their unique views on their time at Ayresome Park and The Riverside. There are also dozens of rare and unique photos that have been unearthed which bring the stories alive. The book will demonstrate how open and honest footballers can be and the findings make fascinating reading for Middlesborough fans of all ages and eras.

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Features exclusive interviews with – George Hardwick, Stuart Boam, Ronnie Dicks, Alan Peacock, Johnny Spuhler, John Hendrie, Billy Ashcroft, Gary Gill, Frank Spraggon, Peter Creamer, Terry Cochrane, John Hendrie, Robbie Mustoe and Juninho.

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REVIEW
Talking Middlesbrough
If I had to recommend a Boro book to buy this would be my first choice. It would be even better if I were receiving it! Paul Thompson has compiled a selection of truly superb interviews of Boro players past and present, each brilliantly illustrated with often rare action photos as well as Paul's outstanding portrait shots.

Over the past few years Paul has been interviewing Boro players and photographing them and the results have been carefully selected to cover a remarkable transformation in football from the closed world of maximum wage to today's global market of millionaire players. There are some great names in this volume.

There are fascinating insights in each and every interview, from George Hardwick's wartime football anecdotes, everyone diving down onto the pitch at Stamford Bridge as a doodle-bug whistled overhead. Memories of Ayresome
and Riverside. This is warts and all interviewing, Paul Thompson has stripped away the magazine gloss to ask the questions that you or I would be desperate to ask. There's humour and there's a whole load of soul searching. But the truth is out there as plain as the broken nose on Johnny Spuhler's face.

Saying something is a 'must buy' is often over-used, but Talking Middlesbrough is simply one of the best Boro reads ever... A BRILLIANT LITTLE RED BOOK.

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Boam
Cochrane
Dicks
Hardwick
Juninho
Spuhler

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