CLUB FACTS

Year formed: 1876.

Turned professional: 1889, became amateur 1892, and professional again, 1899.

Honours: Division One champions, 1994-95.
Division Two champions, 1926-27, 1928-29, 1973-74.
Division Two runners-up, 1901-02, 1991-92.
Division Three runners-up, 1966-67, 1986-87.
FA Cup runners-up, 1996-97.
Coca-Cola Cup runners-up, 1996-97.
Anglo-Scottish Cup winners, 1975-76.
Zenith Data Systems Cup runners-up, 1989-90.

Record League win: 9-0 v Brighton, Division Two, 23/8/58.

Record Cup win: 7-0 v Hereford United, Coca-Cola Cup 2nd Round, 1st leg, 18/9/96.

Record defeat: 0-9 v Blackburn, Division Two, 6/11/54.

Record Attendance: 53,596 v Newcastle United, Division One, 27/12/49 (Ayresome Park).
30,215 v Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League, 19/10/97 (Cellnet Riverside Stadium).

Record Transfer Fee paid: �7 million to Juventus for Fabrizio Ravanelli, July 1996.

Record Transfer Fee recieved: �12 million from Atletico Madrid for Juninho, July 1997.

Highest League scorer (career): George Camsell (325).

Highest League scorer (season): George Camsell, 59, 1926-27.

Most League appearances: Tim Williamson (563).

Most capped player: Wilf Mannion (England), 26.

Grounds:1877, Old Archery Ground, Albert Park.
1879, Breckon Hill.
1882, Linthorpe Road Ground.
1903, Ayresome Park.
1995, Cellnet Riverside Stadium.

Foundation: A previous belief that Middlesbrough Football Club was founded at a tripe supper at the Corporation Hotel has been proved to be...a load of tripe! In fact, members of Middlesbrough Cricket Club - keen to stay in touch during the winter months - formed the club in a meeting in the gymnasium of the Albert Park Hotel in 1875.