Boro läuft iwie noch net so rund 0:0 , 1:1 Ecken und ticker auch net so berauschend.
Brad Jones started in goal, Justin Hoyte, Matthew Bates, Stephen McManus and Joe Bennett made up the back four. Bailey and Thomson were in midfield with Willo Flood, right, and Gary O'Neil, left, with Scott McDonald partnering Boyd up front.
It took a while for Boro to get into their stride, though with just under six minutes played Thomson volleyed just over from the edge of the penalty area after Bennett's free-kick hit a five-man wall.
Bates, encouragingly, won four good headers with spring-heeled leaps, but McManus underheaded back to Jones with 15 minutes played. Centre forward Declan O'Brien easily intercepted but couldn't get the ball to run for him and Jones saved well.
Athlone Town: Schlingermann; Colbert, O'Shea, Collins, Moran, McCarthy (Capt.), Ryan, Hughes, O'Brien, McEvoy, Fitzgerald. Subs: O'Hanlon, Skelly, Williamson, Hope, O'Riordan, Marshall, Browne, Scullion, Lownes, Nolan.
Middlesbrough: Jones; Hoyte, Bates, McManus, Bennett, Flood, O'Neil (Capt.), Bailey, Thomson, Boyd, McDonald. Subs: Coyne, Steele; Grounds, Williams L, Miller, Lita.
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