St Ledger relishing the step up in class

LAST Saturday, Sean St Ledger was part of a Middlesbrough team whose poor recent run of form in England’s second tier continued with a 1-0 defeat to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

It was a humdrum sort of occasion. A crowd of just over 15,000 turned up to see the two mid-table sides go about their business.

About a tenth of them had made their way down from the north-east for the occasion.