Work first started on building the £16m Riverside Stadium - although it had yet to be given that name - in the autumn of 1994.
It took eight months to build the stadium and it opened in time for the 1995/96 season.
The first game at Boro's new 30,000-seater home was a 2-0 win over Chelsea on August 26.
The stadium's corners were filled in three years later - at a cost of £5m - to take the attendance up to around 35,000.
During the building work, hundreds of Boro fans flocked to the site to see their club's new home being put together.
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