Fans have a chance to get a range of merchandise signed when past and present Boro stars hold signing sessions at the club stores this afternoon and Saturday, November 19 and 21.

Current stars Emanuel Pogatetz and Mark Yeates will both be involved, along with Boro’s legendary Johns, Hendrie, Hickton and Craggs .

It will be a chance for fans to get Christmas gifts signed, including the 2010 Boro Calendar, Boro Legends Calendar, You Are My Boro Annual, home and away shirts plus a wide range of posters and collectors’ cards.

Pogatetz and Yeates will be signing official merchandise 4-5pm on Thursday November 19 in the MFC Official retail store in Captain Cook Square, Middlesbrough. Pogatetz replaces Gary O’Neil at the event.

Hendrie, Hickton and Craggs will hold a double signing session on Saturday  ahead of Boro’s big game with Nottingham Forest.

The first will be in the MFC Official club store in Captain Cook Square, Middlesbrough, 10.30am-11.30am. The second will be in the MFC Official stadium store 12 midday-1pm.

They will be signing merchandise including the Boro Legends Calendar, part of the profits of which will go towards the Middlesbrough Former Players Association, helping local charities and those who have played for the club.

Priced £7, each month of the Legends calendar features a great Boro moment including the 2004 Carling Cup victory, the 2006 UEFA Cup semi-final, qualification for Europe in 2005 and the promotion successes of 1974, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995 and 1998.

Hickton, Hendrie, and Craggs also feature among the Boro legends along with the likes of Juninho, Tony Mowbray, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Craig Hignett, Bryan Robson and Gareth Southgate.

Further signing sessions will take take place during the build-up to Christmas, with the next set for Thursday November 26 when Gary O’Neil, Justin Hoyte and Brad Jones will be at Boro’s town centre store 4-5pm. Further details will be announced in the near future.