Steve Agnew is looking forward to making a return visit to Barnsley.
Boro’s new assistant head coach started his career with the South Yorkshire club, making almost 200 first team appearances.
On Saturday, he’ll be helping Aitor Karanka mastermind a gameplan to overcome Danny Wilson’s League One outfit in a potentially tough FA Cup third round tie at Oakwell.
There’s no doubt the 49-year-old’s local knowledge will come in handy, and he certainly knows his way around the Barnsley first team squad.
It helps that a couple of Wilson’s players were at Boro when Agnew was a member of the Rockliffe Park coaching team.
“Ross Turnbull was at Middlesbrough when I was there and is a good keeper,” he told the Barnsley Chronicle. “Leroy Lita was there too and he’s a good finisher.
“Dale Jennings has got good pace, balance and can go past players.”
Barnsley were relegated from the Championship last season and have found life in League One tough.
The club currently sit 16th, just three points above the drop zone, but Agnew is backing Wilson to turn around their fortunes.
He said: “Obviously relegation from the Championship was not what they wanted but in Danny Wilson they have a manager who is capable of getting them promotion.
“Any team coming to take on a Danny Wilson side are in for a hard game.
“We always seemed to have a good cup run at Barnsley,” he added. “I’m looking forward to coming back.”
“I have lots of happy memories from my time at Barnsley - particularly in the cup.
“I can remember beating West Ham away and getting to play Everton in the quarter-final in front of 30,000 people.
“We also played Liverpool when they had a top, top team.”
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