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  1. 🎧 Does Boro's squad depth warrant pessimism?

    'Boro have a strong side, but lack depth'

    "I don't think you can say with any conviction right now that Boro will finish in the top six this season."

    BBC Radio Tees' Rob Law is joined by The Northern Echo's Dom Shaw ahead of Middlesbrough's opening Championship game against Swansea City on Saturday (15:00 BST) to talk squad depth and expectations for the new season.

    Listen to the full analysis and more on BBC Sounds.

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  2. Boro new boy Jones on making a 'good impact'

    Middlesbrough defender Alfie Jones hopes his experience in the Championship can have a "good impact" on his new side.

    The 27-year-old was boss Rob Edwards' first signing, joining from Hull City in July on a four-year deal.

    "Hopefully I can come in and have a good impact," Jones told BBC Radio Tees.

    "Obviously I've played in the Championship for quite a few seasons now which has been good, so hopefully I can bring that extra bit of support for the lads.

    "On the ball, I can get the lads playing and get the team moving up the pitch."

    Listen to the full interview with Jones and more on BBC Sounds.

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  3. Gordon Bottomley coming out of a hole in the ground holding Sherlock the Lakeland terrier. Mr Bottomley is wearing a light chequered shirt and brown trousers and he covered in dust, including on his face and clothing. He is standing at the entrance of a narrow underground tunnel, which is as tall as the length of his body, from his shoulders to his toes. Sherlock is in his arms and he is the same colour as the sandy soil surrounding them.

  4. Callum Brittain in action for Blackburn Rovers

  5. Robert Poole, Corrina McEwan and Tony Wedlake of the Teesside Family Foundation, standing on a grass field, with a wooden playground behind them, with a cheque which reads for a value of £10,000.

  6. Boro defender Lenihan to miss start of season

    Edwards: 'A decent performance'

    Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards has confirmed that defender Darragh Lenihan will miss the start of the season with a muscle injury.

    Lenihan, who has not featured for the side in a league game since September 2023, has recently been making his comeback from injury but was not present for the side's 2-2 pre-season draw with Deportivo on Saturday.

    "Unfortunately, Darragh on Tuesday just felt a bit of a muscle pain," Edwards told BBC Radio Tees after the match.

    "I think it's going to be three weeks or so, which is a frustrating one for us and for Darragh because he was doing so well.

    "He felt good going into the training session, just literally passed the ball. That was the mechanism."

    Another player who did not feature was Rav van den Berg, though Edwards confirmed this was also due to injury and not because of any impending transfers.

    The 42-year-old added: "Rav trained part of the session yesterday so not the full session.

    "I'm expecting him to train on Monday."

    Listen to the full post-match interview with Edwards and more on BBC Sounds.

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  7. 'I won't get as many touches but I'll score goals'

    Middlesbrough forward Tommy Conway says he "enjoys" his new role in boss Rob Edwards' tactical set-up.

    The Scotland international scored twice in a 2-2 pre-season draw with Deportivo on Saturday after taking up a more central position than he occupied under former boss Michael Carrick last season.

    But it's a style of play the 22-year-old believes could become fruitful for him over the course of the new season.

    "Since day one, Rob came in and wants a pressing team with high energy up the pitch," Conway told BBC Radio Tees.

    "There were elements of play in the old style where I would tend to come out to the left side a little bit more but that was just the style of play.

    "This is different. Maybe this is me more in the box where I don't get as many touches but I'm in there where it matters and scoring the goals."

    Listen to the full interview with Conway and more on BBC Sounds.

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  8. Jonny Howson, wearing the captain's armband, in one of his last games for Middlesbrough

  9. A dark blue shunting engine with colourful splashes of paint and a big "200" in white letters, beneath which it reads "years of Stockton and Darlington Railway". The engine is rectangular shaped and the four wheels beneath it are shining black with bright yellow rods connecting them.

  10. MP Catherine McKinnell speaking into a microphone. She has short brown hair and is wearing pearl earrings.

  11. Head and shoulder shot of octogenarian Anita Waters. She looks younger than her years, with light blonde bobbed hair and wearing a white open-necked shirt.

  12. A view over a large lake with brown water and grass banks and trees on the edges.

  13. Hayden Hackney pointing with his right hand in the direction of an unseen Middlesbrough player in a match

  15. Mugshot of Mirza. He has very long thick black hair, a thin black beard and is wearing a black jumper with a red square logo beneath the neckline.

  16. Nigel Limb in the side car of a pink motorcycle covered in sponsorship logos sits behind the rider as the bike comes round a corner with the sidecar wheel off the ground in front of a bank of stacked tyres. Both are wearing yellow racing leathers and helmets

  17. Exterior of Teesside Crown Court. It is a large three-storey red brick building with long dark windows and a large porch supported by four yellow stone columns.

  18. Zaf Iqbal stands outside of a mosque in Sunderland

  19. Five damaged slot machines with red fluorescent light strips up the sides. All of them have smashed screens.

  20. 🎧 Will Boro be ready for the start of the season?

    'There are still very big gaps in this squad'

    "From watching the pre-season games, I think we'd all agree that there are still very big gaps in this squad."

    BBC Radio Tees' Mark Drury is joined by Northern Echo writer Scott Wilson as they discuss what Middlesbrough have left to do in the summer transfer window and why it is a tricky one to navigate.

    Listen to the full analysis and more on BBC Sounds.

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  21. A class practising gymnastic skills at the Teesside Academy of Gymnastics. In the foreground a group of children are playing a game of Twister on a large mat filled with colourful shapes. Behind them, and spread throughout the warehouse building, children are practising their skills on a range of equipment.

  22. Abdoulaye Kante challenges for the ball during a match

  23. Eve is wearing a green and blue kilt and holding a wooden disc with Woman's Amateur World Highland Games Championships 2025 engraved on it.

  24. A general view of the building on Newport Road in Middlesbrough. It is a large stone church with arched widows and a bell tower and sits on the corner of two roads. There are terraced houses in the distance.