“I still think about Middlesbrough and the times I had there all the time,” said Juninho Paulista. Ask any Boro fan and they’ll tell you the same
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The art of free-kick masters: Juninho, Mihajlović and Chilavert
There is no doubt at all in my mind that we live in an era in which hyperbole is the order of the day as far as football is concerned. Indeed, round…
Why the Premier League is still waiting for a Brazilian icon
THE SIGHT OF A BRAZIL TEAM in full samba flow invokes something in football supporters that can’t be replicated by any other team. People marvel over Spain’s fluid passing and Germany’s ruthless dynamism…
How Middlesbrough’s mid-1990s transfers changed English football
As featured on Guardian Sport I NEVER CARED much for Middlesbrough Football Club. Growing up they always struck me as a bit of a nothing club, with an average team, a fancy new…