Championship

FIVE-STAR BORO IN NEED OF BIG FAVOUR

by
The LeaguePaper Team
26 April 2026

By Scott Wilson

ICING THE CAKE: Tommy Conway celebrates scoring his second and Boro’s fifth
PICTURES: Alamy

KIM HELLBERG is hoping Southampton do Middlesbrough a massive favour when they host Ipswich on Tuesday night after the Teessiders thrashed Watford in their penultimate game of the Championship season.
Morgan Whittaker and Tommy Conway scored two goals apiece at the Riverside, with David Strelec also finding the net in Boro’s joint-biggest win of the season.
If Ipswich win at St Mary’s on Tuesday, Boro will travel to Wrexham on the final day of the c...

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