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Meanwhile it is all kicking off now, Pedersen lies on the floor, pushing and shoving ensues. All calmed down now.

FULL TIME! MIDDLESBROUGH 1 ROVERS 2

90+7 MINS: Rovers hanging on, Samba clears

90+6 MINS: There's a scramble but Rovers clear, Derbyshire falls on Boateng or was it the other way around? Anyway Derbyshire is booked and Middlesbrough have a free-kick.

90+6 MINS: Another corner to the home side as Samba heads behind Johnson's cross.

90+5 MINS: Rovers pressing Middlesbrough back.

90+3 MINS: Wheater sees his header cleared from inside the six yard box by Samba as Rovers hang on.

90+2 MINS: Johnson skips past Warnock on the wing, his cross finds Yakubu who's header goes behind for a corner kick.

90 MINS: This comes as no surprise, but the fourth official has shown that there'll be six minutes of additional time to play.

90 MINS: David Dunn's day is over, he's warmly applauded as he's replaced by Mokoena

89 MINS: Rovers are preparing to bring on Mokoena.

88 MINS: Final change for Middlesbrough, Cattermole on for Arca

87 MINS: Nelsen back in the nick of time to get to the ball ahead of Downing, who then catches Nelsen as he clears the ball. But he's ok to continue.

84 MINS: First changes for Middlesbrough, Aliadiere is replaced by Dong Gook Lee, and Tuncay is replaced by Adam Johnson

84 MINS: The Rovers fans have been fantastic all afternoon, non-stop singing from the blue and white faithful.

79 MINS GOAL!! Anything Santa Cruz can do Derbyshire can do better! A quite stunning strike. From the left corner of the area he strikes the bal over the Schwarzer and into the far corner of the net. Middlesbrough 1 Rovers 2

78 MINS: Jason Roberts is replaced by Matt Derbyshire.

78 MINS: Tuncay with a dangerous cross from the right, Ooijer has to head behind. A foul is committed in the area as the ball comes in, Rovers have a free-kick.

76  MINS: Bentley finds Santa Cruz with another header but this time his effort is blocked.

74 MINS: Now Aliadiere is injured, the stretcher comes on for him, but he's fine to continue it would seem.

73 MINS: Simply stunning play from Santa Cruz as he takes the ball past Wheater with ease, he picks out Bentley but the midfielder's effort is blocked.

71 MINS: Savage goes into the book for catching Downing. Thats six bookings now in a game that you could hardly call dirty.

70 MINS: Every Rovers player is back for the corner as Downing puts it in, Rovers eventually, clear their lines.

69 MINS: Savage has to get back to put the ball behind for a Middlesbrough corner.

68 MINS: The free-kick comes to nothing.

67 MINS: The man of the moment has now been brought down by Arca, Rovers have a free-kick dead centre, 35 yrds out.

66 MINS: You can only hear the Rovers fans, they are alternating between "Santa Cruz is coming to town" and "Rocky Rocky Rocky"

65 MINS: Downing with the corner kick, Friedel palms the ball away to the near side.

64 MINS: A vital tackle from Warnock as Aliadiere closed in on goal.

63 MINS GOAL! Roque Santa Cruz makes his mark just 2 mins and 30 seconds after coming on! Bentley crosses from the right and Roque Santa Cruz rises high to head down into the corner of the net. Middlesbrough 1 Rovers 1

60 MINS: Roque Santa Cruz comes on to replace.

60 MINS: McCarthy is on the stretcher and is being given oxygen as he's helped from the pitch.

59 MINS:  It just showed the replay on the television, it looked like McCarthy collapsed to the floor, Dave Fevre reacted quickly by turning him on his side.

57 MINS: Looks like Roque Santa Cruz will be coming on to replace the South African who is still receiving treatment.

56 MINS: Dunn is fine, but there is some concern about McCarthy as the stretcher bearers come on and club doctor Phil Batty to assist.

55 MINS: Rovers have two players receiving treatment, Benni McCarthy and David Dunn. Looks like Benni is in trouble

52 MINS: Downing is now booked, for what I can only imagine is for taking the free-kick too early. His second strike hits the wall and bounces up, Dunn clears the danger.

51 MINS: Samba now goes into the book for a challenge on Yakubu, the Nigerian flings himself to the ground spectacularly.

49 MINS: Aliadiere beats Nelsen on the right, Dunn has to cut out the pass to Tuncay, he remonstrates with his team-mates.

48 MINS: Pedersen holds back his man but the referee allows Middlesbrough to continue, when play breaks down the Norwegian is shown a yellow card.

47 MINS: Bentley and Pedersen stand over the ball, it is Pedersen who hits it but the wall does its job and Middlesbrough break foward.

47 MINS: McCarthy capitalises on slack play to feed Dunn, he takes the ball towards goal only to be brought down by Arca.

46 MINS: No changes from either side as Rovers get the second half underway.

HALF TIME: Middlesbrough 1 Rovers 0. Back to the drawing board for Mark Hughes and co at the break.

45+3 MINS: Andre Marriner comes over and talks to Mark Hughes, nothing happens.

45+2 MINS: it is Middlesbrough's turn to have a 'goal' chalked off, again Tuncay is half a yard offside as he feeds Yakubu to puts the ball into the empty net.

45+1 MINS: Ball is played up to Roberts, he turns and feeds Bentley, but his cross is closer to being a shot, but the ball goes over the bar.

45 MINS: Two additional minutes to be played.

45 MINS: Pedersen to the near post, Roberts is ruled for have fouled the goalkeeper.

44 MINS: Pedersen picks out Bentley in the area, he stands it up to the back post and Taylor heads behind for a corner kick.

44 MINS: Nice play by Aliadiere as he takes on Warnock, he slips the ball through to Tuncay but the Turk is offside.

42 MINS: Rovers are penned in, can't clear their lines.

42 MINS: Downing takes the corner, Wheater heads, it must have come off a Rovers player last as it is another corner.

41 MINS: Downing gets round the back, Nelsen cuts out his centre for a corner kick.

39 MINS: Boateng slides into Savage from behind, a yellow card for the Middlesbrough captain.

37 MINS: Warnock over the top for Roberts to chase onto, but the flag is raised.

32 MINS: Friedel is furious with the players in the wall. Lets hope that is the wake-up call that Rovers needed.

31 MINS: Downing curls it through the wall and into the bottom corner of the net. Middlesbrough 1 Rovers 0

30 MINS: Yakubu goes down under the challenge of Samba five yards from the edge of the area.

29 MINS: Roberts does well to rob Davies, he plays it back to Pedersen who curls the ball into the area, but Schwarzer claims.

27 MINS: Wheater slides through the back of Bentley, the first yellow card of the game is issued to the 'Boro defender.

26 MINS: Downing into the middle, Riggott flicks it comes off Davies and goes behind for a Rovers goal kick.

25 MINS: Warnock heads behind for a Middlesbrough corner kick. Friedel punches away Downing's corner, Boateng lifts it in and Samba clears, but the ball comes back in and again Warnock outs it behind for another kick.

24 MINS: Ooijer fouls Taylor on the left. The Dutchman gets a talking to.

22 MINS: Bentley puts the ball into the box but Schwarzer does well to claim the ball despite the close attention of Samba and co.

21 MINS: Pedersen is fouled down here on the left touchline, Rovers have a free-kick.

20 MINS: Downing with an effort from 30 yards out, Friedel palms it down and claims.

19 MINS: Schwarzer out quickly to claim at the feet of Roberts.

17 MINS: A lively early pace in hot conditions

16 MINS: The home side are having strong spell. Nelsen fouls Tuncay on the right. Downing swings it in left-footed, straight into the arms of Friedel.

14 MINS: The home fans aren't happy with the referee, they think he's blown to early for a foul by Nelsen as Arca was running through, but it was given in Rovers' favour.

13 MINS: Boateng centres from the right, Wheater, who is still up from the initial free-kick, heads goalwards, Friedel makes a fantastic save low down to his right.

12 MINS: Free kick to Boro, into the area, there's a scramble but Samba sticks out one of those giant legs to clear the danger for now.

11 MINS: Rovers have the ball in the back of the net after a period of swift passing play, Bentley to Pedersen and across to McCarthy to put the ball in the net, but I think Morten who was the man in the offsde position. Yes TV replays show this.

9 MINS: Again Pedersen's delivery is excellent but no Rovers man can get his head to the ball in the six yard box, it comes out to Dunn but his volley is cleared.

9 MINS: Pedersen with a curling cross, Taylor heads it beind for another Rovers corner.

8 MINS: Middlesbrough break upfield as Warnock makes an error, Yakubu feeds Tuncay on the right, he puts it across to Aliadiere, he looks to be offside but thankfully the former Arsenal man somehow misses from six yards out, Savage just doing enough to put him off.

7 MINS: Pedersen's ball causes problems, Schwarzer comes and punches.

7 MINS: Rovers have their first corner kick on the far side. Pedersen comes across to the left to take.

5 MINS: Roberts holds off his marker on the left, back to Ooijer, into Bentley who clips it to the back for Pedersen but he's ruled to have fouled Davies.

5 MINS: Ooijer does well on the right, Bentley centres but Schwarzer claims.

3 MINS: Downing with the kick, it is a Rovers head who gets to the ball, it is tight near the opposite corner flag and goes out for a 'Boro throw which Rovers deal with.

2 MINS: Aliadiere gets the ball on the right of the area, Warnock has to slide in to block the cross, it is behind for a corner.

2 MINS: McCarthy gets an early talking to from the referee as Middlesbrough have a free-kick.

1 MINS: A ball forward from Bentley, Davies can only clear to Dunn, he shoots from distance but it srtikes a boot and bounces away.

0 MINS: Middlesbrough get the game underway, kicking from left to right in the first half.

-1 MINS: The two captains meet in the centre circle, Ryan Nelsen and George Boateng

-2 MINS: Here we go, happy clappy time

-3 MINS: The players walk out onto the pitch.

-7 MINS: The first chant of the game comes from the Rovers fans to my right with a "Mark Hughes' blue and white army" chant.

-15 MINS: I don't think it has been mentioned anywhere, but today's referee is Andre Marinner. He last refereed Rovers in our 2-1 win against Sheffield United last season.

-16 MINS: Considering the game kicks off in a little over fifteen minutes, there aren't many fans here in their seats.

-20 MINS: Full time in the first game of the day Sunderland 1 Tottenham 0, Chopra with the winner in injury time.

-25 MINS: Middlesbrough have two players making their debut today, Tuncay and Aliadiere. Whereas Rovers may well be the only side in the Premiership who doesn't have a new player in their starting line-up this opening weekend.

-27 MINS: A few Rovers flags are being displayed across seats below and to my right. "Preston Rovers" and one for the barmy army of "Andy, Tom, Joe and Zac"

-30 MINS: Welcome to the Riverside and the start of the 2007/08 season. I understand Rovers will be backed by about 1100 fans here today

MIDDLESBROUGH: Schwarzer, Davies, Wheater, Riggott, Taylor, Tuncay, Boateng (c), Arca, Downing, Yakubu, Aliadiere. Subs: Jones (GK) Lee, Cattermole, Johnson, Hines.

ROVERS: Friedel, Ooijer, Samba, Nelsen (c), Warnock, Bentley, Savage, Dunn, Pedersen, McCarthy, Roberts: Subs: Brown (GK), Tugay, Santa Cruz, Mokoena, Derbyshire.