| Description: | Middlesbrough's local hero's return
As Tony Mowbray returns to Middlesbrough as manager, 19 years after leaving his hometown club, Assistant Editor Scott Wilson looks back on the career of the man who captained the club as aIt is almost 20 years since Tony Mowbray said his farewells to Teesside, and in the meantime, so much has happened, so many heroes have come and gone, that it
is easy to forget just how much he once meant to Middlesbrough Football Club.
Easy, but thanks to the wonders of modern technology, also easy to put right. Head to YouTube, search for "Tony Mowbray 1988" and snippets of a documentary charting the club's rise from the Third
to First Division will appear.
The hair is significantly blonder, the brow is considerably less furrowed, but the pride, passion and commitment remain unchanged.
Yesterday, Mowbray spoke of his determination to turn Middlesbrough around and the closeness of his relationship with the people and places on the banks of the Te |