GOALS from Stewart Downing and Tuncay gave Boro a thoroughly deserved win and inflicted Arsenal's first league defeat of the season.

BORO reached the UEFA Cup final after another dramatic four-goal late late show in one of the most amazing games ever seen on Teesside.

IT was one of the greatest nights in the history of Middlesbrough Football Club as they overcame the odds to march into the UEFA Cup semi-final.

CHELSEA arrived with just one defeat in 54 games and left after suffering their heaviest defeat for almost four years.

AN outstanding team performance saw Boro sweep aside the challenge of a star-studded Manchester United side.

TWO goals from Bolo Zenden capped a fluent team display as Boro kept top spot in Group E, winning with a scoreline which flattered Lazio.

IT was the day the waiting ended, when Boro finally lifted a major trophy.

STEVE McCLAREN returned to his former club to pull off one of the greatest Boro triumphs of recent years.

AFTER the bitter taste of a second successive Coca-Coal Cup final defeat against Chelsea a month before, Boro were determined to cement their promotion to the top flight with a victory over Oxford United.

THIS game had everything - a sending off, a disallowed goal, two spot kicks and an incredible 10-man comeback.

MORE than 35,000 loyal fans travelled to Wembley for the Coca Cola Cup final in a hopeful mood.

BORO'S best home crowd for 14 years - 28,286 - packed into the Riverside Stadium for the first game at the new ground.

BORO knew three points would confirm promotion to the Premier League - but this game will be remembered by Boro fans for many more reasons.

BORO were newcomers to the top flight, while Leeds were the reigning champions - but it was the Teessiders who triumphed in some style.

THREE teams were neck and neck, all battling for promotion to the inaugural Premier League when the last day of the 91-92 season came around.

DESPITE reaching the first Wembley cup final in their history just weeks before, Boro were in grave danger of a second successive relegation when rivals Newcastle United came to Ayresome Park on the final Saturday of the season.

CHELSEA arrived on Teeside with new manager Danny Blanchflower looking forward to his first game in charge.

BUOYANT Boro have already been crowned Second Division champions when they crushed Wednesday in front of an ecstatic Ayresome Park faithful.

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION got a rude awakening in their first ever Division Two game when they travelled to AyresomePark - and were trounced 9-0!

WILF MANNION didn't score any of the goals in this demolition of the seasiders - but his performance ensured the game went down in history as 'The Mannion Match'.

ONE of the greatest Boro teams of all time produced a stunning display to skin the Tangerines in front of 17,166 fans at Ayresome Park.

STRUGGLING Boro were scoring freely at Ayresome Park but struggling away from home when the Blades visited back in the 1933-34 season.

THERE'S no better feeling than putting one over your local rivals - especially on their own patch.

BORO led comfortably through a Walter Tinsley hat-trick and a superb Tommy Urwin strike when events took a turn which ensured this game's place in the record books for many years to come.