FA Cup: Middlesbrough midfielder Adam Clayton puts Manchester City allegiance aside
Thursday 22 January 2015 11:43, UK
Midfielder Adam Clayton will make no apology for creating problems at home if Middlesbrough can pull off an FA Cup fourth-round shock at Manchester City.
Clayton's parents stand on either side of the Manchester divide, and he joined City's Academy as a seven-year-old, much to his father's annoyance.
Clayton told the Evening Gazette: "My mum is a massive, massive City fan. I come from a Manchester mixed marriage: my dad's a red, a United fan, but my mum's a big, big City fan.
"I grew up as a City fan too, but you have to put all that aside and I'll be hoping to go there and get a result for Boro.
"The house I grew up in was 10 minutes from Maine Road and it's no secret I grew up supporting them. I signed for City quite early. I was only seven years old when I joined the Academy, so my allegiance went that way, much to my dad's disappointment.
"I went to watch them every week. I think I went eight or nine years without missing a single home game."
