Middlesbrough F.C. with supporters' clubs across the globe. The largest supporters' clubs include the Official Supporters' Club, the Middlesbrough Disabled Supporters' Association, Yarm Reds, Red Faction and Middlesbrough Supporters South. Middlesbrough supporters' main rivals are Sunderland (with whom they contest the Tees–Wear derby), Newcastle United (with whom they contest the Tyne–Tees derby), and Leeds United, a fact confirmed by planetfootball.com's 2004 survey. Carlisle United see Middlesbrough as their biggest rivals, but Middlesbrough supporters have not reciprocated, as they do not see Carlisle as a top three rival. The nickname "Smoggies" was first used as a derogatory term by opposing supporters; it relates
Middlesbrough Corporation Tramways Middlesbrough Corporation Tramways Middlesbrough Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Middlesbrough between 1921 and 1934. On 4 April 1921 Middlesbrough Corporation Tramways took over operation of the Middlesbrough, Stockton and Thornaby Electric Tramways Company services provided by the Imperial Tramways Company. The fleet comprised 31 tramcars operated jointly with Stockton and Thornaby Corporations between North Ormesby and Norton Green, and between the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge and Linthorpe. In the first two years of operation, 9 new double-deck tramcars were purchased, the single deck trams were re-equipped, and there was a programme of track doubling and renewals. A depot