RiseSirAxlRose 43 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Denzel Zanzibar said: Hey, I didnt mean to sound patronising so I'm sorry if it came across that way. Don't mind me, I was grumpy this morning. All good Ne danger Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 3,072 Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 FAC 3rd round - Boro flashback 11th January 1983 FAC replay which depending how you look at it from a Boro point of view, in staurdays cup tie (3 days previous, yes cup matches back then were more or less completed within a week, including replays) at the teams walked off at HT Boro were winning 2-0, by full time Bishop Stortford had fought back to level the score at 2-2 & only one winner looked on the cards then the ref blowing the whistle for full time & Boro fighting another day The match kicked off & the replay seemed to go Stortfords way, taking a 1-0 lead & going in at half time on the up, & a shock on the cards! Dave Shearer had other ideas & 2 goals from the Scottish striker to win the game & take us through to the 4th round to face Notts County at home Shearers 1st goal running on to a pass in the box to bring the scores level, the 2nd was immense skill, bringing the ball under control in the box, dragging it back & placing it past the despairing keeper & we were through Big Mals team Jim Platt - Playing his final fixture for the Boro John Brownlie - His final FAC game for the Boro Paul Ward Mick Baxter Irving Nattrass Heien Otto - Talisman Darren Wood Paul Sugrue Dave Shearer Mick Kennedy Stephen Bell Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 3,072 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) Boro flashback - This day the 12th January 1907 Our 1st FAC match on this day was a 1st round home match, Ayresome Park, to Northampton Town The mighty Boro winning 4-2 with 2 goals from Steve Bloomer, one from Alf Common & Willie Brawn in front of 15,000 fans Edited January 12, 2020 by Erimus74 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AdidasTango 10 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 On 1/7/2020 at 3:23 PM, Erimus74 said: Boro flashback - This day 7th January 1984 One of the great cup ties from a dark era Boro 3 Arsenal 2 After going out to Arsenal 3-2 in a 5th round replay the previous season at Highbury after drawing 1-1 at Ayresome Park, we were again drawn at home to Arsenal & Charlie Nicholas, IIRC his 1st FAC game The mighty Boro had beaten Arsenal's London rivals Chelsea 2-1 a few days before in a 2nd division clash & were up for this 3rd cup match Boro gained sweet revenge for last season cup exit in North London running out 3-2 winners in an exciting cup tie that had everything Gary MacDonald scored his 3rd of the season & 5th of his Boro career, MOTM Paul Sugrue, scored his 1st of the season & 4th for the Boro to date & a fantastic bullet header & winner from the late Mick Baxter Boro were awarded a corner at the famous holgate end, I can still see it to this day from my position in the chicken run, Mick Baxter made his way in to the box & waited for the corner to make his move, Paul Sugrue swung in a corner from the right & Mick Baxter rose above everyone & thundered a header in the roof of the Arsenal net to score our 3rd & the winning goal, it was Micks 6th Boro career goal, his 1st of the season, he scored his 1st home goal against Arsenal in 1982 & scored his final home goal against Arsenal For all 3 Boro players who scored this day back in 1984 it was their 1st FAC goal for the mighty Boro I loved the shirt they wore that season Big Mals team Kelham O'Hanlon Darren Wood Tony Mowbray Heine Otto Mick Baxter Irving Nattrass Gary Hamilton Mick Kennedy Gary Macdonald Paul Sugrue Dave Currie Sub Stephen Bell Great posts Erimus 👍 one of my early games but I remember the thud when Baxter headed that in the Holgate end! Disappointed I have never found footage of this game anywhere 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 3,072 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 50 minutes ago, AdidasTango said: Great posts Erimus 👍 one of my early games but I remember the thud when Baxter headed that in the Holgate end! Disappointed I have never found footage of this game anywhere AdidasTango, cheers Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 3,072 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) Boro flashback - This day, 13th January 1973 FAC 3rd round Boro flashback - This day, 13th January 1973 FAC 3rd round Plymouth 1 Boro 0 Stan Anderson considered his Boro future after this defeat to 3rd divison Plymouth, with one win since 2nd december Stan had the weekend to consider his position on whether to stay as manager of the Boro, & if so, a sad ending to a good managers reign & the 1st Boro manager for me following the Boro. He had put together a very good team, brought in some excellent signings, including my favourite player of all time, John Hickton & introduced some brilliant youngsters through the ranks, Willie Maddren, David Mills, David Armstrong, he had transformed the mighty Boro from a relegated team to a team constantly knocking on the door to win promotion to the 1st division, now PL Stan signed for the Boro from Newcastle in November 1965 as a player coach, the 1st such role in Boro's history, he then went on to become the 1st player to represent & captain all 3 north east teams, making his debut at Cardiff on November 4th in a 4 -3 defeat, January 1st seen him score his 1st goal in a 4-1 defeat at Rotherham & by April 66, with the team struggling & heading for the 3rd division, he was offered the position as manager & was appointed manager of the Boro, unfortunatly Stan couldn't halt the slide in to the 3rd divison for the 1st time in our history Stan got the Boro promoted at the 1st attempt & in the following 5 seasons had us finishing, 6th, 4th, 4th, 7th & his final full season 9th, this was long before the playoffs were even thought of Stan had proved to be a very good manager, good football, cracking FAC runs, with victories over Man Utd & West Ham, the Ayresome Angels supporters on the terraces from 66 had come & gone though Stan had one thing that never left him, his eye for a good player, John Hickton, Hughie Mcllmoyle, Willie Whigham, John Craggs, record signing Jonny Crossen, 6 foot 2 eye of blue Stuey Boam is after you, world cup winner Nobby Stiles & the introduction of Willie Maddren to eventually play alongside Boam as the telepathic twins, Jim Platt etc, etc, some of these players including his final 2 signing, Alan Foggon & Graeme Souness. who again, proved to be a master stroke for the incoming manager to take on & inherit a quality team ........big Jack come on in Jim Platt - Debut October 1971 John Craggs - Signed by Stan August 1971 Gordon Jones Nobby Stiles - Signed by Stan summer of 1971 Stuey Boam - Signed by Stan summer of 1971 Willie Maddren - Scoring debut 12th April 1969 Eric McMordie John Hickton - Signed by Stan scoring debut 24th September 1966 David Mills - Full debut 12th April 1969 Graeme Souness - Final signing by Stan, debut 6th January 1972 Alan Foggon - 2nd final signing by Stan, debut 25th November 1972 Sub - Malcolm Smith Edited January 13, 2020 by Erimus74 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,064 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Absolutely chucked it down that day and one of those games that we never looked up for.....not the happiest journey home and I think it was the writing on the wall for Jones, Stiles and McMordie...they seemed to lose their influence on games that season, maybe just age but Jack replaced them pretty quickly...(or maybe Shep)....didn't help that I worked with a couple of Weardo's that season either Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 3,072 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Old Codger said: Absolutely chucked it down that day and one of those games that we never looked up for.....not the happiest journey home and I think it was the writing on the wall for Jones, Stiles and McMordie...they seemed to lose their influence on games that season, maybe just age but Jack replaced them pretty quickly...(or maybe Shep)....didn't help that I worked with a couple of Weardo's that season either Stan was Boro's 15th manager, he stayed for one more game the QPR home game which ended 0-0, it was Graeme Souness's debut, wearing No11 Harold Shepherdson took over as caretaker v Carlisle with a record of 15 games, won 8, drew 4 lost 3 biggest loss a 4-0 defeat coming at Sunderland We went on to win our final 4 games & finishing 4th in the league, John Hickton scoring his final Boro hat trick on the final game of the season v Orient Edited January 13, 2020 by Erimus74 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 3,072 Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 Boro flashback - 14th January 1978 Ten out of ten & one for neatness says the commentator Boro went to St James on the back of an excellent 3-0 FAC 3rd round home win over Coventry the previous saturday but in the league we're looking for our 1st win since the 17th december when we beat Villa 1-0 & our 1st win on the road since 12th November, John Neal was in the early stages as manager with his team building needs to find some consistency in his players hes inherited, minus Graeme Souness who had recently departed to Liverpool Boro won this game 4-2 with a double from Billy Ashcroft with his 3rd & 4th goals of the season & his 1st Boro goals on his travels, in between Billys goals, Stuey Boam started the rout with his 1st of the season & Stan Cummins with his 3rd of the season John Neals team Jim Paltt John Craggs - returning to his former employers Ian Bailey John Mahoney Stuey Boam Alan Ramage David Mills Billy Ashcroft Tony McAndrew Davey Armstrong 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,064 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Really enjoyed Stan's goal...one of those players that will always be an "if only" as regards potential but size and injuries (and chairman) meant that we were always going to cash in on him at some point...Billy was a decent lad but always looked like he was playing at a level above the standard he would be comfortable at...still beating Skunks on home ground is always good 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 3,072 Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, Old Codger said: Really enjoyed Stan's goal...one of those players that will always be an "if only" as regards potential but size and injuries (and chairman) meant that we were always going to cash in on him at some point...Billy was a decent lad but always looked like he was playing at a level above the standard he would be comfortable at...still beating Skunks on home ground is always good Yes I did like Cummins, I was 18 at the time we sold him & I was gutted I remember coming home from work & seen the gazette headlines on a gazette board, 'Boro sell star' or something to that affect, we knew he was going but to see it in print was reality that he'd gone Link to post Share on other sites
estonpidge 1,449 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Remember seeing a free kick given against little Stan for a foul on Larry LLoyd of Forrest, you're having a laugh REF!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,064 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 the only guy to call Juninho "the big fella" 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 3,072 Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 14th January 1989 Nicky Mohan made his Boro debut at No2 replacing suspended Gary Parkinson in this 1st division fixture away to Southampton, which also seen Gary Gill start his 1st top flight game for the Boro replacing Mark Brennan Boro's last league fixture was beating Man Utd 1-0 with Peter Davenport 1st Boro goal, though our last outing was a shock 1-2 home defeat to Grimsby in the 3rd round of the FAC The Southampton seen us win 3-1 with goals from Paul Kerr, his 1st of the season, Bernie Slaven with his 7th of the season & Mark Burke with his 3rd The Boro have now lost one game since early December, but have drawn too many Bruce's team Stephen Pears Nicky Mohan Colin Cooper Tony Mowbray Gary Hamilton Gary Pallister Bernie Slaven Gary Gill Paul Kerr Peter Davenport Stuart Ripley Sub Mark Burke Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 3,072 Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 15th January 1983 Kelham O'Hanlon made his Boro debut at home to Sheff Weds in a 1-1 draw, Stephen Bell chipped the Weds keeper at the holgate end John Brownies, wearing No2 played his final game for the Boro Link to post Share on other sites
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