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Middlesbrough reveal they will be donating the gate receipts from Saturday's FA Cup showdown with Chelsea to the people of Ukraine after being left INCENSED by the Premier League club's brief request to play it behind closed doors earlier this week

Middlesbrough have announced they will be donating their share of the gate receipts from Saturday's FA Cup clash with Chelsea to humanitarian aid in Ukraine.

The Championship club are set to face Thomas Tuchel's world champions in the quarter-finals of the competition, a tie which now contains significant needle following a row between the two sides earlier this week.

After their owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the British Government last week over his links to Russian president Vladimir Putin, who sent shockwaves rippling through Europe by invading Ukraine at the end of February, Chelsea are currently unable to sell new match tickets as part of a series of restrictions which have left them in financial limbo.