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  1. 'The supporters have been brilliant' - Hellberg

    Hellberg: Boro 'have to win' against Portsmouth

    Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg said he is feeling plenty of positivity from the club's supporters despite a five-game winless run which has led to them dropping out of the Championship's automatic promotion places.

    Boro were beaten 2-1 at home by promotion rivals Millwall on Good Friday, before needing Tommy Conway to convert from the penalty spot to claim a 2-2 draw at Swansea on Monday.

    "The supporters I have met have been brilliant, so proud of the team, proud of how we play, and they have been so supportive," Hellberg told BBC Radio Tees.

    "Overall, it might sound weird, but what I get from everyone is a lot of affection for how we play, how we act, how the team has created opportunities. And mainly the last thing everyone says is it has to turn and that's where you still believe, but you have to make it turn, and that's what we're trying to do."

    Middlesbrough host Portsmouth on Saturday (15:00 BST) and the head coach only has his sights on one thing.

    "It's all about winning the game, that's the most important thing," he said.

    "With different players out, quality players out, different players in different positions, without the momentum of winning games, we have kept playing great football and creating opportunities and we have to take great belief out of that."

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  3. A couple of bouquets of flowers leaning against a brick wall with a Winnie the Pooh teddy bear. There is a police officer dressed in black standing further down with his arms crossed. There are vehicles parked in front of them, including a white police car. A group of people can be seen gathered on the drive of an adjacent brick house.

  4. Tom, a man with short brown hair and brown top, with his son, also called Tom, who has brown hair, a brown jacket and blue top, holding a cockerel. There is a wooden and mesh cage behind them in an allotment and some trees.

  5. EFL confirms fixture release date

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    The 2026-27 EFL season will kick-off on August 7 with the opening round of the Carabao Cup

    The EFL has announced the fixtures for the 2026-27 season will be published at midday on Thursday, 25 June.

    The first-round draws for the Carabao Cup and the Vertu Trophy will be made on the same day.

    The new season will kick off on the weekend of August 7-9 with the first round of the Carabao Cup, and the opening fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two will follow a week later on 14-16 August.

    The first round of the Vertu Trophy will be played in the week commencing 21 September.

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  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 police officer wearing a black top and a yellow hi-vis gilet with the word 'police' in white on a blue background.

  8. A street sign on a low brick wall which reads 'Hardale Grove'. Behind the wall there is a small patch of grass which is mostly in shade with the corner of a football goal in the corner. Behind the front garden, a line of cars are parked on the other side of the road. There is a police van in the distance.

  9. Frank Lampard gives a thumbs up in the direction of a bus outside a stadium.

  10. Christy Vijay and Helen Simpson are smiling at the camera. Christy is wearing large glasses and has a navy tie on under a sweater. Helen is wearing wire-rimmed glasses and a top with frilly sleeves.

  11. A yellow Cleveland Police Matrix van is parked across a road behind a road closed sign and traffic cones.

  12. Locomotion No 1 on display in a museum. It has large black wheels and is the shape of a large barrel, the top half of which is made of wooden slats. The name plates are displayed on a large wooden board on its side.

  13. An aerial view of Teesworks. An industrial estate can be seen to the bottom left while a large amound of undeveloped land is in the centre of the screen. The River Tees can be seen at the top of the picture.

  14. A rundown-looking two-strorey red-brick building.

  15. The former OK Diner building has the windows scrubbed and is in the process of shutting. It is a long single-storey concrete building with large windows and red and blue branding, in the style of a traditional 1950s American diner. A single black car is parked outside, to the right of the central entrance.

  16. Pick of the stats: Middlesbrough v Portsmouth

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    Middlesbrough welcome Portsmouth for a vital clash at both ends of the Championship table on Saturday afternoon (kick-off 15:00 BST).

    Having spent three months in the automatic promotion places, Boro slipped to third with defeat to Millwall and a draw at Swansea over the Easter weekend.

    Relegation-battling Pompey have picked up just three points in eight games since their impressive 3-1 win at Millwall on 21 February, meaning they now sit just one point clear of Leicester in 22nd, albeit with a game in hand.

    • Middlesbrough have won just one of their past nine league games against Portsmouth (D5 L3), a 3-1 away win in March 2012.

    • Following their 1-0 win in October, Portsmouth are looking to complete the league double over Middlesbrough for the first time since 1993-94.

    • Middlesbrough are winless in their past five Championship games (D3 L2), their longest run of the season. Since the date of that first winless game, they've had 48 more shots than any other side (126) and 122 more touches in the opposition's box than anyone else (272). Despite this, they've only scored four goals and have the worst shot conversion (3.2%), underperforming their xG by 8.9 (4 goals, 12.9 xG).

    • Portsmouth have gone eight Championship matches without winning (D3 L5), their worst winless run since failing to win their first nine games of 2024-25.

    • Middlesbrough's Hayden Hackney has created the most chances both overall (83) and in open play (62) in the Championship this season. He's also completed 848 passes in the final third, the fourth-most by a player in a Championship season (excl. play-offs) on record since 2013-14.

  17. A dark grey government building with lots of large windows. There is a clock tower in the far right hand corner.

  18. A volunteer from Wear Rivers Trust stands by a stream and is picking up waste with a litter-picker. They are holding a bright blue bin bag. The volunteer has short grey hair and is wearing all black outdoor clothing, a grey cap and a grey rucksack.

  19. 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.

  20. Ed Davey has short grey hair and is wearing a khaki jacket over a black jumper. He is standing next to Newcastle Lib Dem leader Colin Ferguson as they plant flowers in a memorial garden in Heaton, Newcastle. Colin Ferguson is wearing a khaki jacket and has short brown hair. Both men are smiling as they talk to each other.

  21. Paul Miller is taking a selfie and looking directly at the camera. He has short brown hair and facial hair, and is wearing a grey-striped shirt. There is some sort of filter on the photo that has brightened the colours and softened the edges.

  22. Side-by-side close-up photos of the nominated managers from left to right: Alex Neil, Frank Lampard, Sergej Jakirovic and Kim Hellberg.

  23. Councillor Karen Allison stands in front of Seaham seafront on a sunny day.

  24. Lydia is in a pink hoodie standing in front of a rainbow-coloured wooden fence with 'Lydia's Library' next to her. It is a small wooden hut with two glass doors filled with books.

  25. Stock image of a grey-haired woman with a nurse in a blue gown. The woman is wearing a white medical gown and standing sideways by medical equipment. She is being helped by the nurse who is wearing white gloves. The woman looks nervous. You can only see the back of the nurse's head.