The Tripe Supper: Looking ahead to the Play-off final first leg against Aston Villa

Suddenly the play-offs are upon us and Middlesbrough’s Wembley destiny will be decided on Tuesday night at Villa Park.So how are Boro looking as they head into Saturday’s first leg at the Riverside? Can we take heart from their last gasp fifth-place sealingdraw at Ispwich or be worried that they twice went behind to a team with nothing to play for? Should Boro’s stoppage time goalscoring hero Patrick Bamford start up front against Aston Villa at the weekend or should Tony Pulis name an unchanged XI for the third successive game?And what about the ticket allocations for away supporters for both semi-finals? Is it fair that both clubs will be backed by just 2,000of their own supporters on the road, meaning many loyal fans miss out on one of the biggest games of the season?Philip Tallentire was joined by his fellow Gazettelive reporter Anthony Vickers and season card holder Chris Garbutt to debate thosequestions and a couple of other play-off-related topics in the latest Tripe Supper Podcast. So listen now to find out what they had to say. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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Suddenly the play-offs are upon us and Middlesbrough’s Wembley destiny will be decided on Tuesday night at Villa Park.
So how are Boro looking as they head into Saturday’s first leg at the Riverside? Can we take heart from their last gasp fifth-place sealing
draw at Ispwich or be worried that they twice went behind to a team with nothing to play for? Should Boro’s stoppage time goalscoring hero Patrick Bamford start up front against Aston Villa at the weekend or should Tony Pulis name an unchanged XI for the third successive game?
And what about the ticket allocations for away supporters for both semi-finals? Is it fair that both clubs will be backed by just 2,000
of their own supporters on the road, meaning many loyal fans miss out on one of the biggest games of the season?
Philip Tallentire was joined by his fellow Gazettelive reporter Anthony Vickers and season card holder Chris Garbutt to debate those
questions and a couple of other play-off-related topics in the latest Tripe Supper Podcast. So listen now to find out what they had to say. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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