Middlesbrough has never been the best Premier League club, but they have played in nearly every Premier League season since the league formed in 1992. In fact the only year the Boro has not played in Premier League competition was their 1997/1998 season. Unfortunately with their poor play this year, Middlesbrough will have to look for another quick promotion next season as the team suffered a frustrating relegation.
Middlesbrough struggled to find any offense all season. Their leading goal scorer, Tuncay Sanli, only managed to find the back of the net seven times. Even worse news for the club was that Sanli would score twenty-five percent of the club’s goals this season. Meaning the Boro only scored twenty-eight goals all season. This was not only the league worst (by a large margin), but the result would only be eight goals better then last year’s worst offensive performance by Derby County. And by the way Derby County only won a single match last season and is considered one of the worst teams in top level history.
Middlesbrough was considered an above-average team around five years ago. The club finished the 2004/2005 season in seventh place and year-by-year they have slowly drifted away from the top half of the league. That season the club scored fifty-three goals which is nearly double the outcome the club could muster this season. Even last year when the club finished in thirteenth place they scored forty-three goals. Middlesbrough was the worst club in the Premier League this season. They lost the second most matches, won the least, scored the fewest goals, and moved back six places in the rankings from last year. For fans of the Boro it would be a very disappointing year.
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