Mowbray in frame for Boro job

Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson is closing in on Gordon Strachan’s replacement with Tony Mowbray firmly in the frame.

Gibson insisted in the wake of Strachan’s departure last Monday that he would take his time in identifying the man to take the club forward, and that he would consider a range of candidates despite Mowbray’s standing as overwhelming favourite with the bookmakers and, more importantly, the club’s fans.