Boro's teenage keeper gets early call

Teenager Ross Turnbull had to get his dad to make an 11th-hour dash to Birmingham to give him his first taste of life in the Barclaycard Premiership.

The 18-year-old goalkeeper was in bed on Saturday morning when he was told to head for the midlands without delay after Mark Schwarzer was forced to withdraw from the clash with Aston Villa after his daughter became ill.