RESTORED gates to a club's former ground have formed an emotional entrance to the current stadium.
Middlesbrough Football Club's past, present and future will be celebrated to mark the tenth anniversary of the club's move to the Riverside Stadium.
The focal point includes the erection of the famous Ayresome Park gates, close to the statues of Boro legends Wilf Mannion and George Hardwick.
The red iron gates, which were put in place ahead of Boro's clash with Liverpool on Saturday, are sure to evoke memories of Boro's spiritual home for the many supporters who attended games at the club's former ground.
Famously padlocked shut when the club went into liquidation during the summer of 1986, the gates have been kept in storage since Ayresome Park's demise following Boro's move to the Riverside in 1995.
Alongside the refurbished gates, the brick boulevard has been re-laid with bricks sporting the names and messages from 3,000 supporters who each bought a personalised brick.
Their bricks sit alongside 50 more carrying the names of Boro legends and each of the club's managers of the past 30 years in the Boro brick road.
Some of the luminaries include Jack Charlton, Steve McClaren, Bruce Rioch, Bryan Robson, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Willie Maddren and Graeme Souness.
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