BORO stars Ross Turnbull and Adam Johnson acted out the roles of TV's Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh when the MFC Enterprise Academy held a talent competition among local schools.

THREE stars swapped the football pitch for the design studio as part of Middlesbrough Football Club's involvement in Creating Chances, the Premier League's flagship good causes programme.

THE club with the Premier League's most successful Academy showed how they are developing football skills in children as young as three when Afonso Alves and David Wheater paid a visit.

GARETH SOUTHGATE and Emanuel Pogatetz swapped the football pitch for drama classes, cookery lessons and music therapy when they kicked off this year's Creating Chances campaign. Find out more in our picture special.

MIDDLESBROUGH Football Club was described as being the epitome of football's community spirit when a Premier League All Stars celebration dinner was held at the Riverside Stadium.

MEMBERS of the Boro team who lifted the Premier League All Stars trophy to raise £100,000 for two Teesside charities will parade the cup around the Riverside pitch at Saturday's Spurs game.

TWO Teesside charities will each receive cheques for £50,000 when Middlesbrough Football Club hosts a sell-out celebration dinner at the Riverside Stadium on Friday November 16.

BORO'S victorious All Stars team will be the guests of honour as Redcar Bears Speedway Club look to add to one great success with a first ever trophy of their own on Thursday.

YOUNG carers in Harrogate had the chance to test their shooting skills against Mark Schwarzer in the final stage of the Premier League's flagship community programme, Creating Chances.

WATCH Stewart Downing turn into Simon Cowell as he visited the Riverside Stadium to judge a live MC competition as part of the latest Creating Chances events.

A POWERPLAY goal from pop star Alistair Griffin earned £50,000 each for two Teesside charities as Boro won the first ever Premier League All Stars competition - and you can view the highlights online!

WATCH Jeremie Aliadiere and Matthew Bates visit Pallister Park Primary School to promote healthy lifestyle as part of the latest Creating Chances project.

BORO stars Jeremie Aliadiere and Matthew Bates made delivering a healthy lifestyle message to local schoolchildren their goal at a special event this week.

BORO star Stewart Downing turned X-Factor style judge in the latest stage of the Premier League's flagship community initiative, Creating Chances.

SEVEN decades of supporting the Boro through thick and thin was rewarded when the club rolled out the red carpet for superfan Richard Morgan.

BORO manager Gareth Southgate was delighted to return to "real life" with a Teesside school visit less than 48 hours after the pressure-cooker atmosphere of Saturday's Tees-Wear derby.

DEFENDERS Emanuel Pogatetz and David Wheater showed their gentle side when they visited Butterwick House Children's Hospice in the latest stage of the Creating Chances community programme.

WATCH Emanuel Pogatetz, David Wheater, Luke Young and Andrew Taylor visit the Butterwick Children's Hospice and the Football First Scheme in Eston as part of the latest Creating Chances events.

LIFELONG fan Richard Morgan is looking forward to one of the greatest days of his life supporting Boro this Saturday when the club rolls out the red carpet to give him the all-star VIP treatment.

BORO full-backs Andrew Taylor and Luke Young turned game show captains when they visited the club's Football First scheme.

GEORGE BOATENG speaks to Boro World at the latest Creating Chances event as local school children took part in the MFC Apprentice challenge at the Riverside Stadium.

BORO captain George Boateng will be joined by former player Gary Gill and children's TV presenter Kirsten O'Brien when MFC does The Apprentice at the Riverside Stadium.

ENGLAND defender Jonathan Woodgate visited Teesside Hospice and took part in activities normally carried out by volunteers as he launched the Creating Chances scheme.

JONATHAN WOODGATE created quite a stir when he became a Teesside Hospice volunteer for the day to help mark the launch of the Premier League's Creating Chances scheme.