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When Middlesbrough’s two World Cup stars are in action and the five ex-players also there

Alfie Jones and Sontje Hansen are Middlesbrough’s two representatives at this summer’s World Cup

Alfie Jones and Sontje Hansen are Middlesbrough’s representatives at this summer’s World Cup

Middlesbrough will be represented by two players at this summer’s World Cup – and the longer they stay in the competition, the better for Boro.

The club will earn money for every day Sontje Hansen and Alfie Jones remain part of the tournament with Curacao and Canada respectively as part of FIFA’s Club Benefits Programme.

While the majority of Boro fans will no doubt, as a priority, be supporting England, there’ll be doubtless interest in how Boro’s players get on, and also some ex-players who will be appearing too.

Here we map out when Hansen and Jones are in action, what channel you can watch their games in the UK, and when ex-Boro stars at the World Cup are in action too.

Alfie Jones – Canada

  • Friday, June 12 – Bosnia and Herzegovina – 8pm – BBC
  • Thursday, June 18 – Qatar – 11pm – ITV
  • Wednesday, June 24 – Switzerland – 8pm – ITV

Sontje Hansen – Curacao

  • Sunday, June 14 – Germany – 6pm – ITV
  • Sunday, June 21 – Ecuador – 1am – BBC
  • Thursday, June 25 – Ivory Coast – 9pm – BBC

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Ex-Boro players at the World Cup squad

Djed Spence and Morgan Rogers – England

  • Wednesday, June 17 – Croatia – 9pm – ITV
  • Tuesday, June 23 – Ghana – 9pm – BBC
  • Saturday, June 27 – Panama – 10pm – ITV

Ben Gannon-Doak – Scotland

  • Sunday, June 14 – Haiti – 2am – BBC
  • Friday, June 19 – Morocco – 11pm – ITV
  • Wednesday, June 24 – Brazil – 11pm – BBC

Folarin Balogun – USA

  • Saturday, June 13 – Paraguay – 2am – BBC
  • Friday, June 19 – Australia – 8pm – BBC
  • Friday, June 26 – Turkey – 3am – ITV

Marten de Roon – Netherlands

  • Sunday, June 14 – Japan – 9pm – ITV
  • Saturday, June 20 – Sweden – 6pm – BBC
  • Friday, June 26 – Tunisia 0 12am – BBC

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