2014–15 Middlesbrough F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Middlesbrough's 6th consecutive season in the Championship. They also competed in the League Cup and in the FA Cup.

Middlesbrough

2014–15 season
Chairman	Steve Gibson
Manager	Aitor Karanka
Stadium	Riverside Stadium
Football League Championship	4th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Patrick Bamford (17) All: Patrick Bamford (19)
Highest home attendance	33,381 (vs. Brighton & Hove Albion, 02 May 2015)
Lowest home attendance	10,727 (vs. Preston North End, 26 August 2014)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated 2 May 2015[1]

"+" constitutes substitute appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Damià	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		George Friend	46	1	42	1	3	0	1	0
4	DF		Daniel Ayala	35	5	29+1	4	2	1	3	0
5	DF		Ryan Fredericks (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)	20	0	16+1	0	2	0	1	0
6	DF		Ben Gibson	40	0	33+3	0	3	0	1	0
7	MF		Grant Leadbitter	49	13	40+3	12	3+1	0	2	1
8	MF		Adam Clayton	47	0	37+4	0	4	0	2	0
9	FW		Kike	49	11	25+17	9	3+1	1	1+2	1
10	MF		Lee Tomlin	48	9	32+10	7	4	0	2	2
11	MF		Emmanuel Ledesma	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
13	GK		Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	42	0	40	0	0	0	2	0
17	DF		James Husband	6	0	2+1	0	1	0	2	0
18	MF		Dean Whitehead	20	0	11+7	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF		Mustapha Carayol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Adam Reach	46	3	27+12	2	0+4	0	2+1	1
21	FW		Jelle Vossen (on loan from Racing Genk)	38	8	20+13	7	2+2	1	0+1	0
22	DF		Kenneth Omeruo (on loan from Chelsea)	23	0	17+2	0	3	0	1	0
23	FW		Patrick Bamford (on loan from Chelsea)	43	19	32+6	17	4	1	0+1	1
24	MF		Emilio Nsue	28	0	12+14	0	0	0	2	0
25	DF		Rhys Williams	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF		Tomáš Kalas (on loan from Chelsea)	17	0	16+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Albert Adomah	49	5	40+3	5	3	0	2+1	0
33	MF		Yanic Wildschut	13	2	3+8	2	0+1	0	0+1	0
34	MF		Adam Forshaw	20	1	6+12	0	0	0	2	1
39	DF		Jonathan Woodgate	8	1	5+2	1	0	0	1	0
40	GK		Tomás Mejías	11	0	6+1	0	4	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
14	FW		Luke Williams	5	1	0+4	0	0	0	1	1
15	DF		Seb Hines	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
30	FW		Bradley Fewster	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
Players who appeared for Middlesbrough but left during the season:
16	DF		Andy Halliday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Miloš Veljković (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	MF		Richard Smallwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
46	GK		Jamal Blackman (on loan from Chelsea)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Top scorers

Last updated 17 April 2015

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	23	Patrick Bamford	17	1	1	19
2	MF	7	Grant Leadbitter	12	0	1	13
3	FW	9	Kike	9	1	1	11
4	FW	10	Lee Tomlin	7	0	2	9
5	FW	21	Jelle Vossen	7	1	0	8
6=	MF	27	Albert Adomah	5	0	0	5
6=	DF	4	Daniel Ayala	4	1	0	5
7	MF	20	Adam Reach	2	0	1	3
8	MF	33	Yanic Wildschut	2	0	0	2
9=	DF	3	George Friend	1	0	0	1
9=	FW	14	Luke Williams	0	0	1	1
9=	FW	30	Bradley Fewster	0	0	1	1
9=	DF	39	Jonathan Woodgate	1	0	0	1
9=			Own goal	1	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
4	DF		Daniel Ayala	10	0	8	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF		Grant Leadbitter	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Adam Clayton	7	1	6	0	0	1	1	0
3	DF		George Friend	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Ryan Fredericks	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Lee Tomlin	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Albert Adomah	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	0
6	DF		Ben Gibson	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Dean Whitehead	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	0
3	DF		Kenneth Omeruo	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW		Patrick Bamford	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Jelle Vossen	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF		Damià	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Kike	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Emilio Nsue	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Adam Forshaw	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Adam Reach	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Middlesbrough v ASA Târgu Mureș

12 July 2014	Middlesbrough	4–1	ASA Târgu Mureș	Leeds, England
17:00 BST	L. Williams  18', 41' Burgess  54' Fewster  81'	Report	Amauri  61'	Stadium: West Riding County FA Ground

Lucena v Middlesbrough

16 July 2014	Lucena	1–0	Middlesbrough	Lucena, Spain
17:00 BST	López  38'	Report		Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva

Linense v Middlesbrough

19 July 2014	Linense	0–4	Middlesbrough	Andalusia, Spain
10:00 BST		Report	Tomlin  29' (pen.) Fewster  54' L. Williams  85' Leadbitter  87'	Stadium: Municipal La Línea

Atlético CP v Middlesbrough

21 July 2014	Atlético CP	0–5	Middlesbrough	Lisboa, Portugal
10:30 CET		Report	Kike  8', 15' Friend  14' Fewster  74' (pen.), 84'	Stadium: Estádio Da Tapadinha

Rochdale v Middlesbrough

26 July 2014	Rochdale	1–3	Middlesbrough	Rochdale, England
15:00 BST	Henderson  41'	Report	Reach  4' Kike  15' (pen.) Tomlin  44' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,394 Referee: David Benton

Hartlepool United v Middlesbrough

30 July 2014	Hartlepool United	0–2	Middlesbrough	Hartlepool, England
19:30 BST		Report	Reach  50' Fewster  70'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,015 Referee: Tony Harrington

Middlesbrough v Villarreal CF

2 August 2014	Middlesbrough	0–2	Villarreal CF	Middlesbrough, England
15:00 BST		Report	Gerard Moreno  23' Nahuel  45'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 6,380 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Championship

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Watford (P)	46	27	8	11	91	50	+41	89	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Norwich City (O, P)	46	25	11	10	88	48	+40	86	Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4	Middlesbrough	46	25	10	11	68	37	+31	85
5	Brentford	46	23	9	14	78	59	+19	78
6	Ipswich Town	46	22	12	12	72	54	+18	78

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

League results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	25	10	11	68	37	+31	85	15	5	3	42	12	+30	10	5	8	26	25	+1

Last updated: 6 April 2015.
Source: Football League

Matches

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D
Position	3	11	8	12	16	10	8	5	7	8	5	3	3	5	3	2	3	3	5	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	4	3	2	3	1	4	4	3	1	3	4

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[2]

Middlesbrough v Birmingham City

9 August 2014 1	Middlesbrough	2–0	Birmingham City	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Ayala  33'  61' Kike  66'	Report	Eardley  54'	Attendance: 18,371 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Leeds United v Middlesbrough

16 August 2014 2	Leeds United	1–0	Middlesbrough	Elland Road, Leeds
12:15	Sharp  88'	Report		Attendance: 24,484 (Approx 1,945 Boro) Referee: Stuart Attwell

Bolton Wanderers v Middlesbrough

19 August 2014 3	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Middlesbrough	Macron Stadium, Bolton
19:00	Davies  27' (pen.)	Report	Leadbitter  45' (pen.) Kike  77'	Attendance: 13,847 Referee: Stephen Martin

Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday

23 August 2014 4	Middlesbrough	2–3	Sheffield Wednesday	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Leadbitter  72' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Nuhiu  6', 57' May  42'	Attendance: 17,820 (1,848 Wednesday) Referee: Phil Dowd

Middlesbrough v Reading

30 August 2014 5	Middlesbrough	0–1	Reading	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00		Report	Cox  7'	Attendance: 14,970 Referee: Darren Bond

Huddersfield Town v Middlesbrough

13 September 2014 6	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Middlesbrough	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
15:00	Stead  86'	Report	Leadbitter  36', 90+2' (pen.)	Attendance: 17,993 (3500 Boro) Referee: Kevin Wright

Cardiff City v Middlesbrough

16 September 2014 7	Cardiff City	0–1	Middlesbrough	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
19:45		Report	Kike  2'	Attendance: 19,711 Referee: Graham Scott

Middlesbrough v Brentford

20 September 2014 8	Middlesbrough	4–0	Brentford	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Leadbitter  35' Adomah  50' Bamford  68' Kike  88'	Report		Attendance: 15,484 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Charlton Athletic v Middlesbrough

27 September 2014 9	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Middlesbrough	The Valley, Charlton, London
15:00	Ben Haim  39' Solly  74'	Report	Adomah  75'  82'	Attendance: 16,110 (1,967 Boro) Referee: Gavin Ward

Middlesbrough v Blackpool

30 September 2014 10	Middlesbrough	1–1	Blackpool	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
19:45	Ayala  19'  45+1' Leadbitter  41'	Report	Miller  25' Rentmeister  59' Perkins  60'	Attendance: 15,213 (193 Blackpool) Referee: Paul Tierney

Middlesbrough v Fulham

4 October 2014 11	Middlesbrough	2–0	Fulham	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Reach  46' Adomah  82'	Report		Attendance: 16,201 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Brighton & Hove Albion v Middlesbrough

18 October 2014 12	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Middlesbrough	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
15:00	Greer  88'	Report	Tomlin  8' Adomah  53'	Attendance: 26,642 (1,376 Boro) Referee: Andy D'Urso

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Middlesbrough

21 October 2014 13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Middlesbrough	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
19:45	Sako  33' (pen.) Dicko  73' Ebanks-Landell  90+1' Clarke  90+4'	Report	Leadbitter  83'	Attendance: 18,391 Referee: Carl Berry

Middlesbrough v Watford

25 October 2014 14	Middlesbrough	1–1	Watford	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Ayala  34' Bamford  46' Kike  49' Whitehead  51' Fredericks  90+2'	Report	Forestieri  39' Deeney  61'	Attendance: 17,491 Referee: James Adcock

Rotherham United v Middlesbrough

1 November 2014 15	Rotherham United	0–3	Middlesbrough	New York Stadium, Rotherham
15:00	Bowery  30'  Green  54' Clarke-Harris  64'	Report	Bamford  8' Wildschut  19' Tomlin  87'	Attendance: 11,282 Referee: Mick Russel

Middlesbrough v Norwich City

4 November 2014 16	Middlesbrough	4–0	Norwich City	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
19:45	Bamford  5' Leadbitter  33' (pen.), 69' Wildschut  85'	Report		Attendance: 16,468 Referee: Nigel Miller

Middlesbrough v Bournemouth

8 November 2014 17	Middlesbrough	0–0	Bournemouth	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00		Report		Attendance: 22,930 Referee: Simon Hooper

Wigan Athletic v Middlesbrough

22 November 2014 18	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Middlesbrough	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Maloney  24' McCann  49' Boyce  66'	Report	Bamford  57' Clayton  23' Adomah  62'	Attendance: 16,347 Referee: David Webb

Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers

29 November 2014 19	Middlesbrough	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Bamford  83' Tomlin  55'	Report	Gestede  90+4' Evans  54'	Attendance: 18,152 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Millwall v Middlesbrough

6 December 2014 20	Millwall	1–5	Middlesbrough	The Den, South Bermondsey
15:00	McDonald  52'  78'	Report	Vossen  21', 34', 44' Bamford  28' Kike  79'	Attendance: 10,328 Referee: Mick Russell

Middlesbrough v Derby County

13 December 2014 21	Middlesbrough	2–0	Derby County	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
12:15	Bamford  6' Ayala  29' Leadbitter  63' (pen.)  81'	Report	Hendrick  53' Shotton  62' Bryson  71' Forsyth  75'	Attendance: 17,434 Referee: Roger East

Ipswich Town v Middlesbrough

20 December 2014 22	Ipswich Town	2–0	Middlesbrough	Portman Road, Ipswich
15:00	Murphy  24' McGoldrick  37' Tabb  45+1'	Report	Vossen  20' Omeruo  27' Friend  87'	Attendance: 21,187 Referee: James Linington

Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest

26 December 2014 23	Middlesbrough	3–0	Nottingham Forest	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Friend  52' Vossen  78' Leadbitter  87'	Report	Mancienne  38' Wilson  53'  66'	Attendance: 32,277 Referee: Scott Duncan

Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough

28 December 2014 24	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Middlesbrough	Ewood Park, Blackburn
15:00	Gestede  50' Tunnicliffe  90+3'	Report	Gibson  20' Whitehead  44' Ayala  89'	Attendance: 22,304 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Reading v Middlesbrough

10 January 2015 25	Reading	0–0	Middlesbrough	Madejski Stadium, Reading
15:00	Norwood  42' Obita  54'	Report	Tomlin  68'	Attendance: 17,131 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Middlesbrough v Huddersfield Town

17 January 2015 26	Middlesbrough	2–0	Huddersfield Town	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
	Tomlin  61', 90'	Report		Attendance: 18,576 Referee: Peter Bankes

Middlesbrough v Cardiff City

20 January 2015 27	Middlesbrough	2–1	Cardiff City	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
	Bamford  63' Tomlin  79'	Report	Jones  86'	Attendance: 16,035 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Brentford v Middlesbrough

31 January 2015 28	Brentford	0–1	Middlesbrough	Griffin Park, Brentford
12:15	Diagouraga  33' Button  43' Douglas  62'	Report	Omeruo  16' Bamford  41' Leadbitter  44' (pen.) Kike  90'	Attendance: 11,853 Referee: Simon Hooper

Middlesbrough v Charlton Athletic

7 February 2015 29	Middlesbrough	3–1	Charlton Athletic	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Bamford  5' Vossen  47' Forshaw  82' Tomlin  87'	Report	Gudmundsson  37'	Attendance: 18,903 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Blackpool v Middlesbrough

10 February 2015 30	Blackpool	1–2	Middlesbrough	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
19:45	Clarke  4' Gibson  85' (o.g.)	Report	Woodgate  82' Kike  87'	Attendance: 10,806 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Birmingham City v Middlesbrough

18 February 2015 31	Birmingham City	1–1	Middlesbrough	St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45	Cotterill  42' Caddis  45+1' (pen.)	Report	Konstantopoulos  43' Fredericks  56' Bamford  74' Adomah  88' Omeruo  90+6'	Attendance: 15,101 Referee: David Coote

Middlesbrough v Leeds United

21 February 2015 32	Middlesbrough	0–1	Leeds United	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
12:15	Forshaw  80'	Report	Mowatt  3' Bellisci  23' Bamba  57' Cooper  90+5'	Attendance: 25,531 Referee: Andre Marriner

Middlesbrough v Bolton Wanderers

24 February 2015 33	Middlesbrough	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
19:45	Adomah  33' Kike  90+2'	Report	Vela  45+2' Dervite  67' Janko  68' Danns  82' Heskey  90+4'	Attendance: 16,569 Referee: Andy Madley

Sheffield Wednesday v Middlesbrough

28 February 2015 34	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Middlesbrough	Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00	Nuhiu  52' Keane  54'	Report		Attendance: 23,774 Referee: Stephen Martin

Middlesbrough v Millwall

3 March 2015 35	Middlesbrough	3–0	Millwall	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Bamford  26' Kike  29' Vossen  78'	Report		Attendance: 16,078 Referee: Kevin Wright

Nottingham Forest v Middlesbrough

7 March 2015 36	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Middlesbrough	City Ground, Nottingham
15:00	Gardner  33' Blackstock  65'	Report	Leadbitter  27'	Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Middlesbrough v Ipswich Town

14 March 2015 37	Middlesbrough	4–1	Ipswich Town	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
12:15	Ayala  4' Adomah  30' Gibson  55' Bamford  64', 79' Reach  73'	Report	Murphy  11' Smith  28' Bishop  45'	Attendance: 18,909 Referee: Michael Jones

Derby County v Middlesbrough

17 March 2015 38	Derby County	0–1	Middlesbrough	Pride Park, Derby
19:45	Christie  51' Hughes  57' Bryson  60'	Report	Vossen  51' Clayton  63' Bramford  64' Reach  90+3'	Attendance: 31,939 Referee: Andy D´Urso

Bournemouth v Middlesbrough

21 March 2015 39	Bournemouth	3–0	Middlesbrough	Goldsands Stadium, Bournemouth
12:15	Kermorgant  12' Arter  48' Pitman  74'	Report		Attendance: 10,998 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Middlesbrough v Wigan Athletic

3 April 2015 40	Middlesbrough	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Bamford  20'	Report		Attendance: 23,082 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Watford v Middlesbrough

6 April 2015 41	Watford	2–0	Middlesbrough	Vicarage Road, Watford
12:30	Deeney  37' Ighalo  65'	Report		Attendance: 19,656 Referee: Mike Jones

Middlesbrough v Rotherham United

11 April 2015 42	Middlesbrough	2–0	Rotherham United	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Tomlin  50' Bamford  66'	Report		Attendance: 19,537 Referee: Iain Williamson

Middlesbrough v Wolverhampton Wanderers

14 April 2015 43	Middlesbrough	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
19:45	Vossen  3' Bamford  11'	Report	Sako  53'	Attendance: 20,520 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Norwich v Middlesbrough

17 April 2015 44	Norwich	0–1	Middlesbrough	Carrow Road, Norwich
19:45	Hoolahan  45+2' Olsson  73'	Report	Tettey  8' (o.g.)	Attendance: 26,933 Referee: Robert Madley

Fulham v Middlesbrough

25 April 2015 45	Fulham	4–3	Middlesbrough	Craven Cottage, London
15:00	Turner  45' McCormack  55' (pen.), 67' (pen.), 90'	Report	Reach  63' Ayala  73' Kike  88'	Attendance: 26,993 Referee: Kevin Friend

Middlesbrough v Brighton

2 May 2015 46	Middlesbrough	0–0	Brighton	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
12:15		Report		Attendance: 33,381 Referee: Andrew Madley

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

Barnsley v Middlesbrough

3 January 2015 Third round	Barnsley	0–2	Middlesbrough	Oakwell, Barnsley
15:00		Report	Vossen  48' Ayala  84'	Attendance: 9,473 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Manchester City v Middlesbrough

24 January 2015 Fourth round	Manchester City	0–2	Middlesbrough	Etihad Stadium, Manchester
15:00		Report	Bamford  53' Kike  90'	Attendance: 44,836 Referee: Phil Dowd

Arsenal v Middlesbrough

15 February 2015 Fifth Round	Arsenal	2–0	Middlesbrough	Emirates Stadium, London
16:00	Giroud  27', 29'	Report		Attendance: 59, 823 Referee: Mike Dean

League Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Middlesbrough were drawn away to Oldham Athletic.[3]

Oldham Athletic v Middlesbrough

12 August 2014 Round One	Oldham Athletic	0–3	Middlesbrough	Boundary Park, Oldham
19:45	Wilson  12'	Report	Williams  30' Leadbitter  48' Kike  60'	Attendance: 4,311 Referee: James Adcock

Middlesbrough v Preston North End

26 August 2014 Round Two	Middlesbrough	3–1	Preston North End	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
19:45	Tomlin  51', 66' Fewster  57'	Report	Hugill  54'	Attendance: 10,727 Referee: Mark Haywood

Liverpool v Middlesbrough

23 September 2014 Round Three	Liverpool	2–2 (a.e.t.) (14–13 p)	Middlesbrough	Anfield, Liverpool
19:45	Rossiter  10' Suso  109' Sakho  61'	Report	Reach  62'  106' Bamford  120+3' (pen.) Omeruo  57'	Referee: Mike Jones
	Penalties
	Balotelli Lucas Lallana Suso Sterling Williams Touré Sakho Manquillo Enrique Mignolet Balotelli Lucas Lallana Suso		Bamford Clayton Reach Adomah Vossen Friend Ayala Fredericks Omeruo Wildschut Blackman Bamford Clayton Reach Adomah

Transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Team	Source
GK	Tomás Mejías	Real Madrid	Undisclosed	4 July 2014	First Team	[4]
FW	Kike	Real Murcia	Undisclosed	11 July 2014	First Team	[5]
DF	James Husband	Doncaster Rovers	£500,000 + Swap	26 July 2014	First Team
DF	Emilio Nsue	Real Mallorca	Undisclosed	31 July 2014	First Team
MF	Adam Clayton	Huddersfield Town	£1,000,000 + Swap	13 August 2014	First Team	[6]
DF	Damià Abella	Osasuna	Free	16 August 2014	First Team	[7]
MF	Yanic Wildschut	Heerenveen	Undisclosed	1 September 2014	First Team	[8]
MF	Adam Forshaw	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	28 January 2015	First Team	[9]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Team	Source
MF	Matthew Dolan	Bradford City	Free transfer (Released)	16 May 2014	First Team	[10]
DF	Jake Fowler	Free Agent	Free transfer (Released)	16 May 2014	Reserves	[11]
DF	Jayson Leutwiler	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer (Released)	16 May 2014	First Team	[11][12]
DF	Cameron Park	Marske United	Free transfer (Released)	16 May 2014	First Team	[11]
DF	Stuart Parnaby	Hartlepool United	Free transfer (Released)	16 May 2014	First Team	[11][13]
DF	Frazer Richardson	Rotherham United	Free transfer (Released)	16 May 2014	First Team	[11][14]
DF	Lewis Sirrell	Östersund	Free transfer (Released)	16 May 2014	Reserves	[11][15]
DF	Matthew Waters	Free Agent	Free transfer (Released)	16 May 2014	Reserves	[11]
FW	Marvin Emnes	Swansea City	Undisclosed	2 July 2014	First Team	[16]
FW	Lukas Jutkiewicz	Burnley	Undisclosed	15 July 2014	First Team	[17]
FW	Curtis Main	Doncaster Rovers	Swap	30 July 2014	First Team	[18]
MF	Jacob Butterfield	Huddersfield Town	Swap	13 August 2014	First Team	[6]
DF	Christian Burgess	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	21 August 2014	First Team	[19]
MF	Richard Smallwood	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	22 August 2014	First Team	[20]
FW	Kei Kamara	Columbus Crew	Free transfer (Released)	28 August 2014	First Team
FW	Charlie Wyke	Carlisle United	Nominal fee	23 January 2015	Reserves	[21]
MF	Andy Halliday	Bradford City	Undisclosed	26 January 2015	First team	[22]

Loans in

Position	Player	Loaned from	End date	Team	Source
DF	Kenneth Omeruo	Chelsea	30 June 2015	First team	[23]
DF	Ryan Fredericks	Tottenham Hotspur	30 June 2015	First team	[24]
FW	Patrick Bamford	Chelsea	30 June 2015	First team	[25]
FW	Jelle Vossen	Genk	30 June 2015	First team	[8]
GK	Jamal Blackman	Chelsea	17 January 2015	First team	[8]
DF	Miloš Veljković	Tottenham Hotspur	17 January 2015	First team	[26]
DF	Tomáš Kalas	Chelsea	30 June 2015	First team	[27]
DF	Fernando Amorebieta	Fulham	30 June 2015	First team	[28]
DF	Dwight Tiendalli	Swansea City	30 June 2015	First team	[29]

Loans out

Position	Player	Loaned to	End date	Team	Source
MF	Ryan Brobbel	Hartlepool United	8 November 2014	Reserves	[30][31][32]
MF	Richard Smallwood	Rotherham United	22 August 2014	First team	[33]
DF	Christian Burgess	Peterborough United	21 August 2014	Reserves	[19][34]
FW	Charlie Wyke	Hartlepool United	24 November 2014	Reserves	[19][35][36]
GK	Jason Steele	Blackburn Rovers	30 June 2015	First team	[37]
DF	Seb Hines	Coventry City	4 January 2015	First team	[38]
DF	David Atkinson	Hartlepool United	26 October 2014	Reserves	[39]
MF	Andy Halliday	Bradford City	26 January 2015	First team	[22][40][41]
FW	Luke Williams	Scunthorpe United	3 January 2015	First team	[42][43]
DF	Brad Halliday	York City	13 December 2014	Reserves	[44]
MF	Bryn Morris	Burton Albion	19 December 2014	Reserves	[45]
MF	Emmanuel Ledesma	Rotherham United	20 December 2014	First team	[46]
FW	Bradley Fewster	Preston North End	30 June 2015	Reserves	[47]
FW	Luke Williams	Coventry City	12 March 2015	First team	[48][49]
MF	Jordan Jones	Hartlepool United	30 June 2015	Reserves	[50][51]
MF	Emmanuel Ledesma	Brighton & Hove Albion	21 March 2015	First team	[52]
DF	James Husband	Fulham	30 June 2015	First team	[28]
FW	Luke Williams	Peterborough United	30 June 2015	First team	[53]
DF	David Atkinson	Carlisle United	30 June 2015	Reserves	[54]
MF	Mustapha Carayol	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 June 2015	First team	[55]

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