Middlesbrough ran riot against a ... Alves completed his hat-trick to make it 8-1. If, as is widely expected, this game proves to be Sven-Goran Eriksson's final game in charge of City then it was a ...

On the final day of the 2007/08 Premier League season, Middlesbrough and Manchester City faced off ... in charge of England’s U21s). It ended 8-1, with Brazilian forward Afonso Alves netting ...

May 11, 2008. Middlesbrough 8 (eight) Manchester City 1. Beleaguered was how the Beeb described Sven's City. That was being kind. Boro, on the other hand. Well, they were brilliant. One of then ...

The landscape of Manchester ... Middlesbrough were quite frankly rubbish; they’d only secured their Premier League status a week earlier, so something was clearly up for City to go down 8-1.

It was May 11, 2008, the final day of the 2007/08 season, and Manchester City - who finished ninth - were walloped 8-1 by a Middlesbrough side who would end up 13th in the table. It was a ...

Manchester City and Middlesbrough have spent ... so today we're bringing you back to a remarkable encounter when Boro thrashed City 8-1 in May 2008, but can you remember their side from that ...

Manchester City are heavy favourites to brush Middlesbrough ... But, even should they lose on Saturday, they will always have that 8-1 win.

Back in 2008, Manchester City were hammered 8-1 by Middlesbrough on the final day of the season, a result which remains a low point for Blues supporters in recent times. It was a shocking ...

Sven-Goran Eriksson's anticipated final match in charge of Manchester City ended in humiliating fashion as his 10-man side lost 8-1 at Middlesbrough. The former England boss has guided the club to ...

IT was interesting to read Mike Amos’ Backtrack column last week with regard to Middlesbrough beating Manchester City 8-1 in a Premiership fixture in 2008, which sealed the fate of our then ...