In this episode, Middlesbrough F.C. superfan and author Rob Fletcher picks his favourite eleven players to have ever graced the Riverside Stadium. Having just recently launched his latest book "1992: The Birth of Modern Football", Rob has spent many hours reflecting on the significance that year has had on football as we know it today; but it also acts as a marker for the selection process behind his Boro Ultimate XI, as Rob delves deep into the reams of genuinely quality footballers the Teesside club have had in the Premier League era. Included in it are examples of the players and the transfers that revolutionised top tier English football in the mid-90s, and we chat about the sliding doors moment that could have changed the fortunes of Middlesbrough football club forever. Brazilian flair, Spanish excellence, German hairstyles and Italian petulance, Rob's side epitomises all that was great about the dynamic and intoxicating feeling surrounding Middlesbrough, and football in general, throughout those definitive decades.

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