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Dom Shaw
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🏟️🔴⚪️ We're giving away two pairs of tickets for #SAFC vs #LUFC on Sunday, December 28.

🗞️ To be in with a chance of winning, subscribe to The Northern Echo - which is just £6 for 6 months or £26 for all of 2026.

Full details 👇
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Win tickets for Sunderland vs Leeds United Premier League game at Stadium of Light
We're giving away two pairs of tickets for Sunderland's Premier League game against Leeds United at the Stadium of Light
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December 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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😲 The lengthy Rockliffe meetings held by Kim Hellberg on first two days in the job that blew #Boro players away
🤝 How he got squad 'on board straight away'
🗣️ 'The level of detail is amazing'
🔺 The individual meetings held with every player

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Middlesbrough players were blown away by what Kim Hellberg did on first day in charge
Kim Hellberg immediately grabbed the attention and impressed Middlesbrough's players in his first two days as head coach
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December 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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📹🔴⚪️ 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙈𝙔 𝘽𝙊𝙍𝙊!

🤔 Matt Targett #Boro situation explained
🗣️ Our chats with Adilson Malanda and Callum Brittain at the Riverside this week
⚽️ QPR reflections and Bristol City preview

🎙️ with @scottwilsonecho.bsky.social 👇
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Matt Targett's Boro situation explained after Newcastle loan recall admission
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December 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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🚨 #Boro yet to receive an official approach from Real Salt Lake for Lukas Engel after the MLS club yesterday selected the defender in the Re-Entry Draft.

⌛️They have seven days to make an offer.

✍️ Full story👇
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Lukas Engel Middlesbrough state of play after potential MLS transfer twist
Middlesbrough are yet to receive an official approach from Real Salt Lake for Lukas Engel after the defender was selected by the club in the 2025…
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December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The Matt Targett situation explained and key questions answered:

⚫️⚪️ The #NUFC injury crisis that sparked Howe admission & when key figures will be back fit
🔴 #Boro's position, left-back picture & January possibilities
❓ What happens next...
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Matt Targett Middlesbrough questions answered after Newcastle loan recall admission
Matt Targett's situation explained after Eddie Howe confirmed Newcastle will consider recalling the defender from his Middlesbrough loan in January
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December 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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🚨Eddie Howe has tonight confirmed #NUFC will consider recalling Matt Targett from #Boro loan in January after defensive injury crisis deepened. No decision made yet, but Howe said: 'I don't have many more rabbits to pull out of hat'

Full quotes & story👇
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Middlesbrough braced for major blow as Newcastle consider Matt Targett loan recall
Eddie Howe says Newcastle United will consider recalling Matt Targett from Middlesbrough after their injury crisis deepened and left the Magpies in…
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December 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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The road to redemption is a long one after Sunday but a place in the Carabao Cup semi-final - again - is a good place to start for #NUFC. Homegrown hero saves the day. Joy, relief and worry for Eddie Howe. FT Livramento sight a concern.

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Eddie Howe's telling dugout reaction followed by worrying Newcastle full-time sight
Lewis Miley scored a stoppage time winner to send Newcastle into the last four of the Carabao Cup
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December 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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✍️ Adilson Malanda interview:

🤝 Why he chose #Boro
🔺 Head coach 'surprise' - and 'great' first impressions of Kim Hellberg
♥️ 'The welcome has been incredible'
🆙 'I want to achieve big things'
🗓️ Possible debut date
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Adilson Malanda possible debut date as Boro defender talks transfer & Kim Hellberg
Adilson Malanda discusses his Middlesbrough arrival and Kim Hellberg with the defender's debut date fast approaching
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December 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Enzo Le Fee was in a 'bad situation' - but everything changed at #SAFC.

🗣️ 'After one week here, I felt at home. This isn't just a club, it's a city. What I'm living here is just crazy'

✍️ Interview 👇
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Enzo Le Fee was in a 'bad situation' - but everything changed at Sunderland
Enzo Le Fee opens up on his 'crazy' first year at Sunderland
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December 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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#NUFC will have hoped for and expected more from the players they signed from Premier League rivals for big money in the summer.

❓Why the struggle for Anthony Elanga and Jacob Ramsey?

Eddie Howe's view 👇
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Eddie Howe's blunt response to Anthony Elanga Newcastle United selection question
Eddie Howe called for patience with Newcastle United's misfiring summer signings
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December 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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🗣️ Howe: 'You want your players to give absolutely everything they have in their soul and their body. That’s the only thing I ask a player to do. There have been a few times this season where I’ve left a game unsure on that - and that’s mentality' | #NUFC
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Eddie Howe makes damning Newcastle United admission & tells of his 'horrible feeling'
Eddie Howe has questioned the mentality of his Newcastle United players on the back of the painful defeat to Sunderland and a string of other…
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December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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🗣️ Eddie Howe says #NUFC 'have to make sure their messaging is right to outside world' after Bruno's angry derby defeat blast.

❌ There was one element of interview Howe disagreed with.

🗣️ And on mentality criticism: '...people need to understand what it is'
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Newcastle players 'aware of Howe's thoughts' after what Bruno & Anthony Gordon said
Eddie Howe says Newcastle United "have to make sure their messaging is right to the outside world" after Bruno Guimaraes' emotional blast…
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December 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Eddie Howe says he will 'have to be creative' to deal with #NUFC injury crisis - that 'is getting to a dangerous point'.

Admits there are certain players he'd 'love to look after but I don't know how we can'.

Full injury update 👇
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Eddie Howe considering two curveball Newcastle defence selections as crisis mounts
Eddie Howe updates on Newcastle United's injury woe ahead of the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Fulham
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December 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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🗣️ 'It's a huge relief. It was the toughest part of my career and I think everyone could feel that'

✍️ Brilliant and honest Tommy Conway #Boro interview |
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Tommy Conway: 'I'm not going to lie, it's been the toughest time of my career'
Middlesbrough striker Tommy Conway admits his recent goalless run was the 'toughest time of his career'
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December 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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📷 The dressing room speech that led to #SAFC's post-match picture on the Stadium of Light pitch after #NUFC win

🗣️ 'We used this as extra motivation'
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The dressing room speech that led to Sunderland mocking Newcastle after derby win
Newcastle's 2024 celebratory picture on the Stadium of Light pitch was used as 'extra motivation' for Sunderland's players - who got their own back
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December 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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😡 Distraught Bruno Guimaraes fumed at #NUFC's 'embarrassing' display in a five-minute mixed zone blast after #SAFC defeat: 'We were a mess'

🗣️ 'We know we have a better team than them. It's clear for me. But we didn't perform like a better team today'
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Bruno Guimaraes fumes in five-minute Newcastle mixed zone blast: 'We were a mess'
DISTRAUGHT Bruno Guimaraes said he was "embarrassed and angry" by Newcastle United's no-show in the defeat at Sunderland - and described…
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December 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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✍️ #SAFC 1-0 #NUFC:

❤️ Gary Rowell tribute
😲 The joy and the pain of the match-deciding moment
👎Newcastle wingers flop
😳 Staggering transfer comparison
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The staggering Sunderland transfer stat that makes miserable reading for Newcastle
The main talking points to come out of Sunderland's 1-0 Wear-Tyne derby victory over Newcastle at the Stadium of Light on Sunday
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December 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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#NUFC paid £124m for Nick Woltemade and Anthony Elanga in the summer.

For around £10m more, #SAFC signed Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Omar Alderete, Reinildo, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Enzo Le Fee, Bertrand Traore, Chemsdine Talbi and Brian Brobbey.
December 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Still not clear when Aidan Morris will be ready to return for #Boro as he works his way back from the injury he suffered against Coventry.

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Aidan Morris injury update & latest on Alex Bangura and Alex Gilbert fitness position
Middlesbrough midfielder Aidan Morris is still struggling with the muscular injury he suffered in last month’s defeat to Coventry City
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December 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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✍️ Wear-Tyne derby interview with Chris Waddle:

👊 'I've been fortunate to play in many derbies...this is as big as it gets'
❌ 'Ridiculous' contract rumour dismissed
🏟️ His 'eerie' derby memory
👀 Thoughts on tomorrow's game...

| #SAFC #NUFC
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'I played for Newcastle & Sunderland - and was subject of ridiculous contract rumour'
Chris Waddle has played for both Newcastle and Sunderland and previews Sunday's Wear-Tyne derby
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December 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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🌎 Kim Hellberg is hoping his detailed knowledge of the Scandinavian market will benefit #Boro when he is involved in the club’s January transfer discussions next week

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Middlesbrough's European transfer focus - and it will be shaped by Kim Hellberg
Kim Hellberg is hoping his detailed knowledge of the Scandinavian market will benefit Middlesbrough in forthcoming transfer discussions
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December 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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💻 Kim Hellberg: 'What sparked my love of tactics? Playing Football Manager! I love the game. I think I’ve been the manager of pretty much all the teams in the world on that game. I've played a lot!'

✍️ @scottwilsonecho.bsky.social | #Boro
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Why Kim Hellberg might not have been Boro boss had it not been for Football Manager
How Football Manager played a major role in the coaching development of Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg
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December 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Regis Le Bris knows how much the Wear-Tyne derby means to #SAFC fans, for one supporter told him in the summer they'd be happy to get relegated back to the Championship as long as they beat #NUFC...!
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What Sunderland supporter told Regis Le Bris about Newcastle in summer conversation
Regis Le Bris previews Sunday's Wear-Tyne derby between Sunderland and Newcastle at the Stadium of Light
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December 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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🤔 Manchester United and Chelsea have today been linked with Sunderland's Noah Sadiki.

🗣️ Here's Regis Le Bris' response 👇 | #SAFC #MUFC #CFC
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Regis Le Bris' Sunderland response to Man Utd & Chelsea Noah Sadiki transfer interest
Manchester United and Chelsea have both been linked with transfer interest in Sunderland's Noah Sadiki
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December 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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#SAFC injury and team news ahead of #NUFC:

🤕 Habib Diarra won't be involved. Set to resume training next week. Sunderland await Senegal AFCON squad selection
👍 Reinildo available
🔴⚪️ Dennis Cirkin 'ready' for when Reinildo heads off to AFCON
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Reinildo injury update & Habib Diarra Sunderland situation ahead of Newcastle & AFCON
Sunderland team and injury news ahead of the Newcastle Wear-Tyne derby
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December 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM