“The chairman deserves it because he’s worked so hard to get this club back into the Premier League”.
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Ritchie De Laet drove straight from Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium promotion party to collect his Premier League winner’s medal in a Leicester shirt.
Stephens went into a challenge with Gaston Ramirez and caught the midfielder high up his leg, leaving referee Mike Dean with no alternative but to reach for the red card.
After another long and tough campaign in the Championship, Middlesbrough can finally celebrate their return to the Premier League.
He said: “I would think they’ll look at what Watford and Bournemouth have done this season and try to replicate it”.
“Promotion to the Premier League provides clubs with the resources to make strategic investments on and off the pitch”, said Richard Battle, senior manager in the sports business group at Deloitte.
Karanka finished the season with what seemed like a tactical masterstroke, replacing Stewart Downing with Cristhian Stuani, who excelled throughout and scored the crucial opening goal after 19 minutes. “I have three more years on my contract”.
Nerves became frayed around the Riverside as Brighton pushed forward for a lifeline during eight minutes of injury time, but Hughton’s side must now settle for a place in the play-offs against Sheffield Wednesday. The midfielder made an appearance as a second half substitute in yesterday’s deciding fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion.
Chris Hughton’s Seagulls, who had soared back into automatic promotion contention on the back of a 13-match unbeaten run, knew only a win would be good enough to join Burnley back in the top fight for the first time since 1983.
“We’ve certainly surpassed all our expectations but at the moment we’re not thinking about what we’ve done so far, but what we can hopefully still do”.
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“They have a great squad, but it’s a tough league the Championship – it’s relentless”.
