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Answer: Ayresome Park

Middlesbrough had played at Ayresome Park since 1903, they moved to the Riverside Stadium after the 1994/95 season. The move was forced by the Taylor Report into the Hillsborough Stadium disaster which recommended that for safety reasons football stadiums in the higher tiers of English football should be all seater stadiums, this would have required major modification of Ayresome Park and so it was decided that it was better to move to a new, purpose built stadium.

Answer: Steve McClaren

Steve McClaren was manager of Middlesbrough from 2001 - 2006 when he left the club in order to take up the position of manager of the England national side. Middlesbrough beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to win the League Cup which was the first major trophy Middlesbrough had won in their history.

Answer: 1994

Steve Gibson was born and brought up in Middlesbrough. He made his money through his chemical transportation company. Gibson replaced Colin Henderson as chairman of Middlesbrough FC in 1994 and owned roughly 90% of the club.

Answer: Sevilla

Middlesbrough lost the 2005/06 UEFA cup to the Spanish side Sevilla being beaten 4-0 in the final played at the Phillips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It was Middlesbrough's first international final and Sevilla's first international trophy.

Answer: Newcastle United

The Tyne-Tees derby is the name given to matches between Newcastle United and Middlesbrough FC. The name comes from the names of the rivers that the places are on with Middlesbrough being on the Tees and Newcastle on the Tyne. Newcastle and Middlesbrough are rivals as they are only 34 miles apart.

Answer: Aitor Karanka

Prior to being manager at Middlesbrough Aitor Karanka was assistant manager at Real Madrid. Karanka was born in 1973 in Spain and spent most of his playing career at Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao.

Answer: Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion

Middlesbrough had a very poor season in 208/09 only winning 7 of their 38 games. They also scored the fewest goals of any team in the Premier League that season scoring only 28 times. This saw them end the season 19th in the table meaning they were relegated to the Championship along with West Bromwich Albion(20th) and Newcastle United(18th).

Answer: Lion

Middlesbrough club crest is based on the town's crest which features a lion. For the football team the colour of the lion was changed from blue to red to fit with the club's colours. Although their have been various versions of the club crest over the years they have all featured a red lion.

Answer: Norwich City

Middlesbrough had a good season in 2014/15 finishing 4th in the table. This saw them enter the play offs for promotion to the Premier League. In the semi-finals the Boro beat Burnley 5-1 across the two matches to secure their spot in the final while Norwich City beat their local rivals Ipswich Town to get their place in the final.

The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London with Norwich City getting promoted by winning 2-0.

Answer: False

Ben Gibson is actually Steve Gibson's nephew. Ben Gibson made his first team debut for Middlesbrough in 2011 when he came on as a substitute in a match against Coventry, however, he did not start to play regularly for the Boro until the 2013-14 season when he played 31 times for the club.