BELIEVE it or not, this wasn't Kim Hellberg's first visit to the The Valley.

Deep in the Middlesbrough head coach's post-match press conference on Tuesday night came the revelation that he'd actually first visited the home of Charlton Athletic more than 25 years ago.

Hellberg seems to recall he was about 10 at the time and was in the UK with his dad, who was on a coaching visit, meeting up with other coaches and taking in games. They met up with Swedish former QPR midfielder Robert Steiner, who showed them around, and although they didn't take in a game at Charlton, Hellberg toured the stadium.

Hellberg has talked a lot about the influence of his dad, Stefan, who coached at Norrköping for 35 years, and Tuesday night's post-match revelation was just another glimpse into an upbringing tha

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