The Middlesbrough and Derby managers face each other in a top-of-the-table meeting on Saturday and Karanka is clear only promotion will do this seasonFirst time visitors to the Riverside Stadium invariably find their eyes drawn to Temenos. The arresting,50 metre-tall Anish Kapoor sculpture is situated a long goal-kick from Middlesbrough’s domestic, and absent fans can frequently be heard debating what the immense web of steel wires slung between two giant hoops positioned beside the Tees actually signifies.
Translated from its original Greek, and Temenos means a piece of sacred land assigned as a state of sanctuary or the holy area surrounding a temple. After a year that has seen the decimation of Teesside’s steel industry the installation’s immediate environs have certainly proved a welcome oasis amid considerable local gloom.
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Source: theguardian.com