AS HEAD of a four-strong admin team, Yvonne's duties include internal communications including the main switchboard, reception, administration support including typing, answering the fans' mail and personnel support for different departments.

From Fairfield, in Stockton, Yvonne, her husband and their son, Daniel, are all Boro fans.

Her favourite player was Nigel Pearson. "He was a very good leader and very well respected on the pitch," she says.