Middlesbrough - Down to Earth with a Crash

Boro were brought back to the harsh reality of the Premiership by a robust Birmingham team. Leaving out Juninho, Doriva and Mendieta from the Cup winning starting line up and switvhing to 4 4 2 appears to have weakened the team too much.

On top of the bad result the Boro picked up five bookings and had a man sent off, go to http://www.middlesbrough-mad.co.uk/news/loadrprt.asp?cid=MTCH&id=145836 for full match report and team sheets.