Besides ICI, there are many other footballing links between Teesside and East Lancashire. Here is Mike Delap’s list of Rovers players past & present, who have also graced the ranks of the opposition…in this instalment of #DelapsDerbies it’s…

Middlesbrough

Daniel Ayala

Yakubu Aiyegbeni 

Alex Baptiste

Marcus Bent

Harry Chapman

Andy Crawford

Arthur  Cunliffe

Stewart Downing

Marvin Emnes

Terry Garbett

Rudy Gestede

Ryan Giles

Shay Given

Danny Graham

Craig Hignett

Fred Kennedy

Matt Kilgallon

Darragh Lenihan

Jayson Leutwiler

Jock McKay

Alan Miller

Bert Mitchell

Eddie Murphy

Aynsley Pears

Fred Pentland

Jordan Rhodes

Arthur Rigby

Stuart Ripley

Richie Smallwood

Jason Steele

Andy Todd

Alan Wright