Tributes to be paid at Riverside derby clash

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MIDDLESBROUGH have announced they will pay tribute to former player Ugo Ehiogu ahead of this Wednesday’s game against Sunderland at the Riverside.

Ex-England defender Ehiogu spent seven years at Boro, helping the club win the League Cup in 2004, in a career that also included spells at West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa, Rangers, and Sheffield United, and a loan spell at Leeds United.

There will be a minute’s applause ahead of the Premier League game on Wednesday night, along with a tribute on the screens inside the ground, and the players will wear black armbands.

Boro chairman Steve Gibson said: “I’m deeply shocked. Ugo was one of our heroes at Cardiff when the club won its only ever major trophy.

“Ugo and Gareth Southgate were the rock on which Steve McClaren brought the club its best period in its history.

“He wasn’t just a good footballer, he was a great man.

“It’s so sudden and so shocking, my deepest sympathies go to his family and all who knew him.

“I would regularly bump into Ugo. Football is a small world and he was always warm, friendly and welcoming. All of Middlesbrough Football Club will miss him.”

A Spurs fan wears a Ugo Ehiogu shirt during The Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium

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