Championship

ILL LANKSHEAR GAMBLE PAYS

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The LeaguePaper Team
6 September 2026

CHAMPIONSHIP
By David McIntyre

MAKING A POINT: Middlesbrough goalscorer Will Lankshear celebrates with team-mates
PICTURE: Rob Avis

BORO boss Kim Hellberg revealed that match-winner
Will Lankshear was sick ahead of the visit to QPR and almost did not start the game.
Lankshear’s seventh goal in as many matches – a close-range finish after being set up by Callum Brittain – was enough to secure the points for Boro.
But the striker, a revelation since his summer move from Tottenham Hotspur, went off early in the second half.
“Will was a little bit sick in t...

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