Tony Mc played as well as anyone on Wednesday. Whether he'll find himself on the right of a back three again or on the right of midfield is open to question. Justin Hoyte showed - just once or twice - against The Mackems what he can do when he goes...

As seen in the video above, during the first half of extra time, a handful of pitch invaders stormed the turf, with one of them either tackling, or losing his balance and sliding into, Middlesbrough defender Justin Hoyte. Hoyte had been injured earlier...

A couple of morons ran onto the pitch. One of them lost his footing behind Hoyte and ended up sliding through the back of him with the sort of challenge that’s liable to get you a red card these days. This proves yet again that pitch invaders still...

Arca, restored after missing the first game through suspension, tested Mignolet with an awkward shot and Tony McMahon, arguably the star of the night, hit three efforts narrowly wide. McMahon also had one shot cleared off the line by Phil Bardsley, who...

There was a scrappy spell in the middle third with Arca getting stuck in against his old side then twice Kevin Thomson misplaced passes. Boro looked to press forward with a good move on 11 minutes as Joe Bennett went on a weaving run then Rhys Williams...

Scott McDonald and Marvin Emnes - to face a side which had lost just two of the 12 previous games they had played under O’Neill. Sebastian Larsson tested keeper Jason Steele with a curling fourth-minute free-kick as the Wearsiders pushed Boro deep into...