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'It was ridiculous' - Bryan Robson tells Team 33 about Middlesbrough highs and lows

Listen to the full podcast above or download the episode for free via iTunes. When former Manche...



'It was ridiculous' -...
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'It was ridiculous' - Bryan Robson tells Team 33 about Middlesbrough highs and lows

Listen to the full podcast above or download the episode for free via iTunes.

When former Manchester United and England captain Bryan Robson looks back on his time managing Middlesbrough in the 1990s, many of the memories are positive.

Robson presided over a team that contained plenty of flair players like Juninho and Fabrizio Ravanelli which brought a vibrancy to a Premier League landscape that was so different.

Team 33 had the pleasure of interviewing the ex-Man United legend on our show and he talked about the ups and great downs of the fabled 1996-97 season which saw Boro reach two Cup finals and also face relegation to the First Division after having three points deducted for postponing a match against Blackburn in 1996 due to an illness crisis which engulfed the club.

"It was a ridiculous decision," said Robson of the FA's punishment. He also told us how far he felt the club could have gone had they stayed up.

He also gave a detailed insight into how Middlesbrough helped the foreign players to settle into life in the North East and what he thought of Ravanelli's very public criticism of the club at a time when they were deep in the relegation dogfight.

And he also had a laugh with us about the day he thought Roy Keane was ringing him...only to find out it was me!

 

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