Oh we do like to play beside the seaside.......

Tomorrow night Boro travel to the south coast to play Bournemouth and whilst our travelling fans will no doubt be looking forward to their fish & chips, a pint or two, crazy golf and hopefully taking all three points, BoroStats has been looking back at our previous league and cup trips to the seaside over the last decade:

Team	P	W	D	L	F	A
Barrow	2	1	1	0	3	1
Dover	1	1	0	0	1	0
Eastbourne	3	2	0	1	8	2
Morecambe	8	3	2	3	15	15
Southend	1	0	0	1	0	1
Southport	4	1	1	2	6	7
Swansea	1	0	0	1	1	2
Torquay	3	0	0	3	2	9
Weymouth	3	2	0	1	4	1
Total	26	10	4	12	40	38

Boro actually have a decent record playing in coastal towns and cities, winning 10 of their 26 games over the past decade and drawing four more.

During these games they've scored more (40) than they've conceded (38).

Their last seaside success was a 3-1 win at Barrow in August 2008 – Scott Laird, Lawrie Wilson and Callum Willock were the goalscorers.

Boro are no donkeys at the seaside

Their most recent seaside setback was the 1-0 loss at Southend at Easter.

With three defeats in four games, October is our worst month for playing at the seaside.

Boro have suffered three defeats at both Morecambe and Torquay. However whilst they have also won three and drawn two in Lancashire, trips to Plainmoor have always resulted in a heavy defeat (goals for 2, goals against 9!).

Boro have one win, two draws and two defeats from their last five seaside games, scoring six and conceding just twice. All six goals 'for' came at Eastbourne, however, as Boro failed to score in 1-0 defeats at Southend and Weymouth and had goalless draws at Morecambe and Barrow.