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  1. 'It didn't matter how it looked' - Hellberg

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    Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg was satisfied his team got the job done against Sheffield Wednesday

    Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg was pleased by his side's return to winning ways as they narrowly defeated Sheffield Wednesday at the Riverside - and he conceded that doing so in style was not a priority.

    Morgan Whittaker scored the only goal of the game when he intercepted Gabriel Otegbayo's pass-back to Murphy Cooper and finished beyond the Owls goalkeeper in the 11th minute.

    Things might have been more comfortable for Boro, whose automatic promotion hopes remain alive with two matches left to play, but they instead had to come through a nervy finish to seal all three points.

    Hellberg told BBC Radio Tees: "It's difficult when you have not won in a long time, especially at home. In this kind of game, when you are not 3-0 or 4-0 up, you know it's going to be a tough last ten minutes.

    "We could have scored two or three, which would have made it easier for us. You can feel that we haven't won at home in a while, and everyone gets nerves. We had to switch momentum - we backed up a top performance on Sunday with a win here.

    "It wasn't a good game from us in general, but that does not matter.

    "It didn't matter how it looked, to be fair. It didn't matter how we scored. We just needed to score, needed to win - and we did, against a team who hadn't lost in three."

    Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds

  2. Morgan Whittaker of Middlesbrough celebrates his goal with team-mate Tommy Conway

  3. Two white police vans parked outside a row of shops. There is a blue police tent on the pavement and a police cordon.

  4. A black plastic box with the words "Ballot Box" printed on it in white. A person, who is wearing a black coat, is placing a folded piece of paper through the slit in the top.

  5. Katie Swinburne looking into the camera with a slight smile. She has blonde hair which is tied back and is wearing a blue jacket, silver necklace and white top underneath. She is standing in a train station on a platform which is out of focus.

  6. Smoke coming from small blue cordoned off structure on a grassy beach cliff. On the right hand side of the photo you can see sand.

  7. A view of the railway platform with some tracks leading up to it. There is a concrete bridge over the tracks and tall street lights lining either side. On the right there is a brick signal box. Trees surround the platform and tracks.

  8. A group of musicians on stage, most are wearing black but a musician in the centre is wearing a red jacket and playing the violin. There are more musicians playing violins, with a piano and viola as well. The stage wall behind them is wooden and lit up in a yellow light. The audience are sitting down in rows and the backs of their heads are in shadow. It looks very full.

  9. A football with National League branding

  10. A male and female artist spray paint a wall. The words Spider Park are among the work on the wall.

  11. A block of public toilets in Ripon in North Yorkshire.

  12. An empty industrial plot at Seal Sands near Billingham. A metal fence topped with barbed wire is by the roadside and scrubland is beyond the fence. It is an overcast day with a thick bed of clouds in the sky.

  13. Michael Booth has short brown hair and a white top. He is smiling. He is sat in a restaurant.

  14. Paul Fairless, left, is in a hospital bed. He is wearing a grey jumper and is smiling. He is laying next to his son, Charlie, who is wearing a beige coloured tracksuit with the words POLO printed in white. Both are showing a thumbs up to the camera.

  15. Pick of the stats: Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday

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    Middlesbrough will seek to end their Riverside hoodoo when basement-boys Sheffield Wednesday visit on Wednesday night (19:45 BST).

    Boro have taken just three points from their past six home games to fall off the pace in the promotion race, sitting three points behind second-placed Ipswich, who have a game in hand, after Town's late leveller in a 2-2 draw at Portman Road on Sunday.

    Millwall and Southampton have the chance to pull six and five points clear of fifth-placed Boro respectively with matches on Tuesday night while the Tractor Boys are also in action on Wednesday at Charlton.

    The Owls have drawn their past three games, their joint longest unbeaten run of the campaign along with September, when they also picked up their only league win of a torrid campaign in an away game at Portsmouth.

    • Following their 1-0 win in October, Middlesbrough are looking to complete the league double over Sheffield Wednesday for the first time since 2015-16, when they were last promoted to the Premier League.

    • Sheffield Wednesday have won just one of their past six league games against Middlesbrough (D2 L3), a 2-1 home win in April 2025.

    • Middlesbrough are winless in their past six home league games (D3 L3), losing each of the previous two; they last lost three in a row in April 2022.

    • Sheffield Wednesday have lost 15 of their 21 away games in the Championship this season (W1 D5); only in 1946-47 and 2020-21 have they suffered more away losses in a second tier campaign (both 16).

    • No player has been involved in more home league goals for Middlesbrough this season than Hayden Hackney (8 – 3 goals, 5 assists); it's just one fewer than his previous three seasons in the competition combined (9 – 6 goals, 3 assists).

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  16. Shay Bladen smiling into the camera. He has brown, short hair and has a navy blue dressing gown hood over his head.

  17. Mugshot of Coupland. He is clean shaven with glasses and short thin fair hair.

  18. Hemawand Ali Hussein smiling into the camera. He is sitting in a car with black seats and is wearing a black cap and t-shirt. He has a short dark beard and moustache.

  19. Coventry City manager Frank Lampard clenches his fist in the air in celebration

  20. Luke Ayling during Middlesbrough's game at Ipswich.

  21. 'I'd have taken this position before the season started'

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    In the wake of Sunday's frustrating late draw at Ipswich, we asked whether Boro fans thought their hopes of automatic promotion were over, and even if a play-off spot might be in doubt with three games remaining.

    Here are some of your responses:

    Barry: It was over after the Portsmouth game. It wasn't lost or finalised after Ipswich, I'd say the Charlton loss (on 11 March) was the turning point.

    Gary: If I was given the chance of our position now at the start of the season I would have taken it.

    Andrew: Middlesbrough's automatic promotion hopes ended a long time ago. It's going to be difficult for them to stay in the top six now.

    Norman: Lucky if they're in the play-offs.

    Ian: We travelled down to Portman Road, saw a great performance from the Boro. Victory was assured until the soft penalty. The referee did not have a good game and the Boro fans were on his back. Did that effect his judgement?

    Vic: Don't know what it is but I'm a Coventry fan and have now become a Boro fan because of our battles and similar playing styles... also a big fan of Bob Mortimer. I really hope you get promoted with us.

  22. Lucas (left) and brother Matthias (right) pictured with their ACE awards