A HOST of former Middlesbrough stars are returning to the Riverside for a special legacy game to celebrate the club’s 150th anniversary.
This season marks Boro’s 150th year – The Northern Echo have produced a special souvenir magazine, ‘Boro 150: From Ayresome Park to the Riverside’ which is available here – and the club are lining up a number of events to mark the landmark.
The Boro Legacy Game will take place at the Riverside on Sunday, October 4, with a host of former stars already lined up to take part.
Stars from the 1990s such as Christian Karembeu, Jan Aage Fjortoft, Mikkel Beck, Hamilton Ricard and Craig Hignett will be taking part, along with Carling Cup winners Franck Queudrue and Danny Mills.
Geremi, Tuncay Sanli and Yakubu will be present from Boro’s Premier League days, while the 2016 promotion-winning squad will be represented by George Friend, Daniel Ayala, Adam Clayton, Emilio Nsue and Dimi Konstantopoulos.
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The club’s homegrown contingent will also be out in full force, with the likes of David Wheater, Matthew Bates, Tony McMahon, Andrew Taylor and Colin Cooper confirmed participants.
1970s great Graeme Souness will be present and involved in some capacity, along with 1980s favourites Paul Wilkinson and John Hendrie.
The game will see two squads of former Boro favourites go head-to-head, with ticket details set to be confirmed in due course.
Subject to changes in availability, the full list of former players currently due to attend, with some involved in a non-playing capacity is:
Dimi Konstantopoulos, Tomas Mejias, Brad Jones, Franck Queudrue, Danny Mills, Matthew Bates, George Friend, David Wheater, Jonathan Grounds, Tony McMahon, Colin Cooper, Andrew Taylor, Andrew Davies, Clayton Blackmore, Daniel Ayala, Joe Bennett, Emilio Nsue, Curtis Fleming, Steve Vickers, Ryan Shotton, Craig Hignett, Christian Karembeu, Adam Clayton, Ge
mi, Faris Haroun, Phil Stamp, Mustapha Carayol, Lee Tomlin, Hamilton Ricard, Mikkel Beck, Brian Deane, Paul Wilkinson, Marvin Emnes, Scott McDonald, Alun Armstrong, Yakubu, Tuncay Sanli, Leroy Lita, Afonso Alves, Kei Kamara, Jan Aage Fjortoft, Lukas Jutkiewicz, John Hendrie and Graeme Souness.
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