Preston North End v Middlesbrough Our third home draw in this seasons Capital One Cup brings our third game against a Championship side, Boro will be making their third visit to Lancashire within the space of a week, having been hammered at Doomfield they then won a Kean Out FC on Friday night and in the process looked quite impressive. This will be a stern task against Boro for North End after Saturday's defeat at the Bescot. Suspect Mowbray will put out a fairly strong side, if so expect the impressive forward pairing of Jutkiewicz and Emmes, with fast raiding winger Carayol also being a danger to the home side. For North End would be a help if Keane was back at right back, suspect Westley will change the team again, suspect Boro will win this. Last time Boro arrived at Deepdale they cantered to a 3-1 victory which resulted in the sacking of Darren Ferguson, suspect if Boro do triumph Ferguson will soon be sacked again.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi maclad Keeping the home fires burning i see every credit and well done. Time you got some kind of reward in recognition of your undoubted efforts to keep Northend alive on this site. Maybe a win tonight against Borough would suffice for now. Anyway good to see you on my travels..
Varying accounts about this 1 - 3 defeat by M'borough. 'Difference in class' to 'Beavon could hav gone home with the match ball'! One thing is clear is that NE lack a RB support, the present one being out injured. All that preparation during the pre-season and a basic position missed out!
On a night the Ark would have been a suitable mode of transport, 4959 hardy souls braved a deluge of biblical proportions to see Middlesbrough end Preston involvement in this seasons Capital One Cup with a 3-1 at Deepdale. Middlesbrough made 11 changes from their last match, however you would have know in as the "reserve eleven" battered the home side for the first 30 minutes of this game. Two goals in the first 20 minutes gave the Boro a deserved lead in fact they could have had a couple of others in the opening spell, only a great save from Simonsen kept them out. It was no surprise when they took the lead, an in swinging corner curled straight in from Ledesma, (0-1) within five minutes it was two when a fine Boro move led Zemmama firing home from about 25 yards.(0-2) With Boro dominating the play this looked like a massacre but gradually as the away took their foot off the pedal the home side slowly began to probe although any chance of them scoring looked as remote as the rain stopping. A series of corners brought no reward to the home side then out of the blue they reduced the arrears a neat move found Beavon whose inch perfect pass led to King scoring.(1-2) The rain got heavier as the second half started and Boro were in control again, making the ball do the work, they look as they could step up a gear but North End didn't give Amoo went close with a header and Byrom hit a shot just wide. Then just as the home side were buiding up a head of steam a major defensive cock up killed the game as Huntington and Simonsen collectively messed up, in the ensuing melee Smallwood bundled the ball home (1-3) Boro were back in control and looked like they could score at will with substitute Haroun going close, but the home side didn't give up Leutwiler was forced into a fine double save from Laird and Beavon, Wroe went close with a shot that was tipped over and Beavon missed when it would have been easier to score,but with the last kick off the game Emnes nearly made it four for Boro but his deflected shot hit the post. An entertaining game on a dire night but played on a fantastic playing surface you wouldn't have realised that it had been raining for nearly 50 hours. Preston North End 1 Middlesbrough 3 att 4959 Hello TFP
