 Nyorera kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure megore ra2004-05, akatamisa kubva kuPortsmouth kuenda kuMiddlesbrough pamubhadharo wemamiriyoni manomwe nemakumi mashanu emadhora, mubhadharo wepamusoro-soro weNigerian. Yakubu akahwina chibodzwa chega mumutambo nepenalty mumutambo wekutanga weEFAFA Cup wekupedzisira gumi nematanhatu kumba vachipesana neRoma, ichipa Middlesbrough kukunda 1 0, iyo yakazoenda kuburikidza nezvinangwa. Kuita kwake kwakapiwa mubayiro, sezvo akabatsira Middlesbrough kusvika 2006 UEFA Cup Finalvachirwa neSevilla, umo vakarasikirwa 40. 