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Tees-Wear teams in and Main starts for Boro

7:26pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

MIDDLESBROUGH have given a full debut to teenage striker Curtis Main in the hope that he can help knock North-East neighbours Sunderland out of the FA Cup.

Rock providing his inspiration for Marsh

5:34pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

WHEN Robert Rock got his hands on the HSBC Golf Championship title in Abu Dhabi last Sunday, his achievements registered in North Yorkshire.

Quakers' future hangs in balance as latest rescue deal collapses

SHOULD THEY STAY OR GO? Darlington FC's The Northern Echo Arena.

12:13pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

THE future of Darlington Football Club hangs in the balance today following the collapse of a planned rescue deal.

Redknapp found not guilty of tax evasion

Harry Redknapp has told jurors in his tax evasion trial: 'Everything I have told you is the truth'

11:40am Wednesday 8th February 2012

FOOTBALL boss Harry Redknapp was cleared today of taking bungs in an offshore tax dodge.

Mowbray not afraid of pragmatic Sunderland

NORTH-EAST RIVALS: Boro boss Mowbray and Black Cats chief O'Neill meet again this evening in the FA Cup

8:00am Wednesday 8th February 2012

TONY MOWBRAY has warmed up for tonight's Tees-Wear derby by telling Middlesbrough's players they have nothing to fear when the Premier League's form team arrives at the Riverside Stadium.

Cooper in no rush to make signings

Cooper returns to Victoria Park

8:00am Wednesday 8th February 2012

NEALE Cooper isn't in a rush to make any new signings at Hartlepool United - he feels his players are proving they don't necessarily need any additions.

O'Neill spoiled for choice with skippers

NOT GETTING CARRIED AWAY: Martin O'Neill

8:00am Wednesday 8th February 2012

WHEN it comes to the issue of captains, Fabio Capello must wish he was more like Martin O'Neill. While the England manager is furious to find himself without a leader following John Terry's demotion, Sunderland's boss is blessed with two stand-out skippers vying for the right to wear the armband.

Keith Lamb talks money, Boro and Mowbray

FOOTBALL PURIST: Lamb, pictured with Mowbray after his appointment as Boro boss

8:00am Wednesday 8th February 2012

IT IS more than ten months since Keith Lamb brought a quarter of a century as Middlesbrough's chief executive to an end, holding satisfaction his beloved club was left in a far greater state than how he found it.

Magpies won’t get carried away

STAYING FOCUSED: Jonas Gutierrez

12:10pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

JONAS Gutierrez has warned Newcastle United they must not get carried away by their position in the Premier League – or else they risk undoing what they have already achieved this season.

Quakers’ defender Lee is facing up to knee surgery

BOUNCE BACK: Graeme Lee believes the team need an instant response to their first home defeat of the season

12:25pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

DARLINGTON’S interim manager Craig Liddle admits there is no timescale on how long defender Graeme Lee will be out for.

'Best of times, worst of times' on derby day

FRIEND OR FOE: Sunderland's players surround Kevin Friend after Craig Gardner's first-half goal was ruled out

8:00am Wednesday 8th February 2012

YESTERDAY was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, and when it comes to this evening's FA Cup fourth-round replay between Sunderland and Middlesbrough, two of the author's most famous novels appear apposite.

Phoenix club last resort, say Quakers fans

AGREEMENT: Administrator Harvey Madden

8:00am Wednesday 8th February 2012

A FANS’ group has dismissed suggestions it wants to launch a phoenix club from the ashes of Darlington Football Club.

Newbury optimistic of the go-ahead

12:30pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

AN ENCOURAGING weather forecast at Newbury saw the market for racing to go ahead at the weekend take an aboutturn.

Nicholls predicts a tight Cheltenham battle

12:31pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

PAUL Nicholls believes there will be little to choose between old rivals Kauto Star and Long Run as the pair prepare to lock horns for a fifth time in next month’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Call for Under-21s tickets to get snapped up

6:20pm Tuesday 7th February 2012

KEITH LAMB has urged football fans from the North-East to unite and head for the Riverside Stadium to watch the England Under-21s at the end of the month.

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loughlinecho: @MasonEcho nah. In fact I'm fully expecting a main pic of Gerrard, the future England skipper (link)

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loughlinecho: @MasonEcho nah. In fact I'm fully expecting a main pic of Gerrard, the future England skipper

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loughlinecho: @MasonEcho because the England job is far bigger than an fa cup replay. Quite simple and I would seriously consider shunting fac inside pg (link)

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CStoddartEcho: @Rob0895 Two of them were there, everybody else unavailable. (link)

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CStoddartEcho: @Rob0895 Two of them were there, everybody else unavailable.

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CStoddartEcho: @sihoward1 To be fair, it was good for me that it went to extra-time as that gave me more time to finish the Capello pages! (link)

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Scottwilsonecho: RT @ljgrainge: @Scottwilsonecho Please RT? Proud of Boro tonight but when we scored I threw my iPhone in the air in the SE corner. Rewar ... (link)

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Scottwilsonecho: RT @ljgrainge: @Scottwilsonecho Please RT? Proud of Boro tonight but when we scored I threw my ...

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Scottwilsonecho: O'Neill refused to rule himself in or out of the #England job. Just spoke about Harry Redknapp in response to any question that was asked. (link)

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paulfraserecho: Enjoyable game at the Riverside tonight. #boro played well, plenty positives like Main. #safc now have the potential to win FACup tho. (link)

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paulfraserecho: Enjoyable game at the Riverside tonight. #boro played well, plenty positives like Main. #safc now ...

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paulfraserecho: @loynsey @Jonnyc1978 @AddoPalmer @daveyfromfootie @paulfraserecho the FA like him, he's told them he will put nets up on his own. #grounded (link)

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paulfraserecho: @loynsey @Jonnyc1978 @AddoPalmer @daveyfromfootie @paulfraserecho the FA like him, he's told them ...

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