When Boro’s defenders aren’t busy keeping Spurs’ expensively-assembled forward line at bay, they like to kick back with a little baking.

On the pitch, Pogatetz is a fierce tackler and Wheater uses his massive frame to ward off attackers.  Off the pitch, Wheater mixes the icing and Pogatetz applies it with a flat knife.

I like to think the lady in the red shirt is Wheater’s mam, but it could easily be the president of the Women’s Institute, Middlesbrough chapter.