'Best night of my life' - new series looks at Boro's Uefa Cup feats

'Best night of my life' - new series looks at Boro's Uefa Cup featsTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Listen to A Small Town in Europe on BBC SoundsByAlex Hoad, BBC Sport England and Mark Drury, BBC Radio Tees Middlesbrough commentatorPublished58 minutes agoComments"That's the best night of my life. Sometimes I still go to YouTube to watch it, not just for my goal but for the atmosphere. It was a magical night."It has been 20 years since Middlesbrough's extraordinary run to the Uefa Cup final.It took 128 years for Boro to qualify for their first major European competition by virtue of winning the League Cup, the club's first silverware, in 2004.It launched them to another level.Boro had a run to the last-16 of the Uefa Cup and a top-seven finish in the Premier League in 2005, and a fairytale journey through the knockout stages to face Sevilla in the showpiece in Eindhoven in May 2006.Steve McClaren, speaking in a seven-episode series from BBC Radio Tees, looking back at the greatest period in the club's history, said: "Winning a trophy was special, great for the fans and for Steve Gibson, but getting into Europe... I knew it was different."European nights are unbelievable. I wanted to bring that to the Riverside, and I loved going away, the Boro supporters, just proud of the fact we're a small town in Europe and we're in it."Football is an adventure. How far can you go and what experiences can you give the players, fans, the owners, and yourself and the staff? Let's enjoy the adventure..."What an adventure it proved to be...Middlesbrough: A Small Town in EuropeAttributionSoundsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Massimo Maccarone wrote his name into Boro folklore in their 2006 Uefa Cup run'We'll play European football in two years'After joining from Aston Villa in 2002, midfielder George Boateng...