FT: Huddersfield Town 0 - 2 Middlesbrough

Welcome to the official match thread for Huddersfield Town v Middlesbrough on the 28th November 2015, Kick Off 3:00pm

Town host 'Boro this Saturday in David Wagner's first match in front of the Town supporters.

We all know how capable Middlesbrough are as a team so instead of dwelling on the players that will be kicking our backsides in roughly 44 hours, I thought I'd give you some facts about Middlesbrough the place...

- The body of a Native American, Moses Carpenter, is buried in Linthorpe Cemetery. Carpenter was a member of the Mohawk tribe and was born in Ontario, Canada in 1854; his birth name was Ska-Run-Ya-Te. In 1889, he visited Middlesbrough as part of a travelling show, where he tragically died of a fever.

- The Transporter Bridge is the only place in the UK where you can bungee jump from a bridge. If you take on the challenge, you’ll climb the 210 steps to the top, before diving the 160ft towards the River Tees.

- In 1801, Middlesbrough was a farm that was home to 25 people. Today the population is over 140,000.

- During the 1970s, actor Terry Scott, of Terry and June "fame", managed to drive his car off the end of the Transporter Bridge and was only saved from the murky waters of the River Tees by the bridge’s safety net.

- Middlesbrough has a town in America named after it. Middlesboro is the largest city in South East Kentucky and sits in a basin between Pine Mountain and the Cumberland Mountains, which is believed to be an old meteorite crater.

- During the 1966 World Cup, the North Korean team stayed in Middlesbrough. They trained at the ICI chemical works, where many locals would turn up to watch them practice.

- Famous people from Middlesbrough include actress Wendy Richard, musicians Chris Rea and Paul Rodgers, comedians Bob Mortimer and Roy "Chubby" Brown, magician Paul Daniels, legendary football managers Brian Clough and Don Revie, and rugby international Rory Underwood.


Knowledge is the bomb


Champers' Prediction: Town 1 Boro 2