Historical place archive

Middlesbrough in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Middlesbrough in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records6 event labels4 people1927–1998

Historical events in Middlesbrough

1927

10 July 1927
Birth of Donald George DonRevie
Donald George "Don" Revie · Football

Birth of Donald George "Don"Revie

1935

21 March 1935
Birth of Brian Clough
Brian Clough · Football

Birth of Brian Clough, born at number 11 Valley Road, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, the son of a local sweet factory worker, and the fifth of eight children

1973

1973
Manager
John "Jack" Charlton · Football

Offered the job as manager of second division Middlesbrough on his 38th birthday in 1973, and he led them to promotion back to the top flight in his first season by such a considerable margin that he was given the Manager Of The Year award

1973
Manager Of The Year
John "Jack" Charlton · Football

Offered the job as manager of second division Middlesbrough on his 38th birthday in 1973, and he led them to promotion back to the top flight in his first season by such a considerable margin that he was given the Manager Of The Year award

1977

1977
Resignation of Don Revie
John "Jack" Charlton · Football

Charlton quit Middlesbrough in April 1977, and applied unsuccessfully for the job of England manager, which had been controversially vacated by the resignation of his old Leeds boss Don Revie

1998

March 1998
Transfer
Paul John Gascoigne · Football

Joins Middlesbrough for 3.4 million pounds

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Middlesbrough. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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