Erimus74 2,980 Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 Boro flashback - This day the 26th November 1975 Hands up those who were genually excited about playing in a cup final, when given our history apart from the North Riding Senior Cup finals us Boro fans were pretty thin on the ground when cup finals come along, so this was the biggy We wern't really too bothered how many we scored to take to the second leg in December, as long as we took a lead & a lead we took, courtesy of Les Strong connecting to a Davey Armstrong cross, 1-0 to the mighty reds, to take to Craven cottage in 2 weeks time Jim Platt John Craggs Frank Spraggon Bobby Murdoch Stuey Boam Willie Maddren Peter Brine David Mills John Hickton Terry Cooper Davey Armstrong Sub - Alan Foggon, who came on for Bobby Murdoch in the 2nd half 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maccarone 264 Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 That was the team I grew up with and still my favourite time as a fan. Lots of nostalgic memories. Thanks Erimus 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 10 minutes ago, Maccarone said: That was the team I grew up with and still my favourite time as a fan. Lots of nostalgic memories. Thanks Erimus Yes, my era too, great days Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,039 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Remember that game well....maybe I was just unlucky, but every time I saw Moore, I was left thinking why is this guy rated so highly....constantly moaning to referee, argued with teammates and just seemed as though he thought he was fouled every time Boam drop-kicked him more than ten feet.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 Boro flashback - This day 1994 Boro 4 Portsmouth 0 Our final season at Ayresome Park threw up a 4 goal win for the mighty Boro, with a double from Paul Wilkinson & Craig Hignett bringing both players goals tally for the season to 5 & another cleansheet in to the bargain, 17,185 were there to see the Boro win our 8th home win of the season, with only one setback to Tranmere, Boro sitting top of the league & looking good in Bryan Robsons 1st season in charge Robbo's team Alan Miller Neil Cox Chris Morris Steve Vickers Derek Whyte Robbie Mustoe Jamie Pollock Jan Fjortoft Craig Hignett Paul Wilkinson Jamie Moreno Subs John Hendrie Ben Roberts Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 The late, great Willie Maddren played 340 games, 3 as sub between 1968 - 1977, scoring 21 goals He scored a goal on his full Boro debut on the last home game of the season & to date, an unbeaten home record against relegated Bury, what could go wrong Willie almost doubled his account from the same position he scored his 1st goal, a corner swung across & Willie's powerful header smashed against the crossbar & over, leaving a ball mud stain on the crossbar In his autobiography he wrote, after the summer break when he returned to preseason training the ball stain Mark was still visible on the crossbar His final Boro appearences, 3rd September 1977 way to WBA seen debuts to two players, Boro's Billy Ashcroft & WBA 's Cyril Regis A remarkable player & a true Boro legend 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Erimus74 said: The late, great Willie Maddren played 340 games, 3 as sub between 1968 - 1977, scoring 21 goals He scored a goal on his full Boro debut on the last home game of the season & to date, an unbeaten home record against relegated Bury, what could go wrong Willie almost doubled his account from the same position he scored his 1st goal, a corner swung across & Willie's powerful header smashed against the crossbar & over, leaving a ball mud stain on the crossbar In his autobiography he wrote, after the summer break when he returned to preseason training the ball stain Mark was still visible on the crossbar His final Boro appearences, 3rd September 1977 way to WBA seen debuts to two players, Boro's Billy Ashcroft & WBA 's Cyril Regis A remarkable player & a true Boro legend Programme from an England U23 match at Villa Park with Willie Maddren on the front cover Edited December 4, 2019 by Erimus74 Forgot to post Programme Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 This day Boro flashback programme 4th December 1948 Sheffield United 1 Boro 0 Boro lost out to a single strike from Sheff Utd & we trodded off back to Teesside pointless Link to post Share on other sites
Blanco 4,900 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Is that how they got the nickname the Blades? Wardonia blades? Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,218 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Blanco said: Is that how they got the nickname the Blades? Wardonia blades? Nah, that's just an advert. Blades does come from Sheffield being a big steel producer though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 11th May 1985 Shrewsbury 0 Boro 2 One of Boro 's great escapes Final game of the season, Willie Maddrens 1st full season as our manager, we had slowly dragged ourselves clear of relegation & needed a point to guarantee survival 2 players sent off & 90 minutes later we were safe & able to fight another day, well safe first another 12 months when the sane venue sadky resulted in the opposite outcome 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,039 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 You have to admit Alf was right about the rebirth of the Boro........just got the year wrong (and just about everything else the last three paragraphs of that Gazette comment shows how much things have changed since then 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,218 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Wonderful. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 3 hours ago, Changing Times said: Wonderful. Wow & double wow, I want this, not heard this before, its absolute class, thanks for posting this, awesome UTMB - Willie Madden true legend Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,218 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 It's on the 'Up The Boro' album. You can download it from ITunes and get some other Boro classics at the same time. I think you can still get the CD version on Amazon as well 🙂 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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