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"The Boro" play soccer in the Championship, England's second tier. Their home ground is the 34,000-seat Riverside Stadium, half a mile east of the railway station, a 10-minute walk. Tickets can be bought at the stadium. In 2022 Riverside was also used for matches in the Rugby League World Cup, postponed from 2021.
Middlesbrough Football Club is a professional association football club based in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. They compete in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Nicknamed "the Boro", they were formed in 1876 and are the 12th oldest football league club in England and Wales. The club have played at the Riverside Stadium since 1995, having previously played at Ayresome Park for 92 years, from 1903 to 1995.
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This strange hybrid was opened in 1911. The Tees ferry was too slow but a conventional bridge might impede sea-going vessels. So they built a gantry with a gondola, with capacity for 200 people and 9 cars across the river to Stockton. It's survived various accidents, bombings and breakdowns, but became unsafe in 2019 and remains closed, and it's difficult to see the money being found to repair it. You can admire the gaunt structure from either bank.
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
Contemporary art in a striking modern building.
This hosts concerts and other live performances.
Typical old-style museum founded in 1904, where stuffed animals regard you through reproachful glass eyes. Good selection of artistic pottery and other local history exhibits.
This has mainstream rep theatre and live music events.
A mansion completed in 1754 with Palladian exterior, Georgian decor and formal Victorian gardens. It houses a couple of model railway layouts.