Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, DocMartin said: Some excellent nostalgia on this thread. Always nice to remember past seasons and reflect on the ups and downs of being a Boro fan, our past is what makes us who we are today. Lovely stuff. Cheers DocMartin & very true, very true indeed Edited December 19, 2019 by Erimus74 Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,453 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Camsell given his record for both club and country seems to go under the radar quite a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
Maccarone 264 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 One of the best additions to the Forum for a long time, thanks Erimus for bringing back so many memories, really enjoy your posts, absolutely excellent. I hope some of our younger forum members take time to read these, it's all about the history of the club, the good times and the bad and is what makes us who we are. Pure brilliant stuff! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Maccarone said: One of the best additions to the Forum for a long time, thanks Erimus for bringing back so many memories, really enjoy your posts, absolutely excellent. I hope some of our younger forum members take time to read these, it's all about the history of the club, the good times and the bad and is what makes us who we are. Pure brilliant stuff! Maccarone, thank you for the kind words, it nice to remind fellow Boro of the good & bad yesterday's history, as you say, that's what we are, the whole package UTMB Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 Boro flashback - 20th december 1980 Boro 4 Spurs 1 A cracking early christmas present for us Boro fans with David Hodgson one & only 1st team hat trick, his 4th goal of the season, Boro's 130th hat trick as a football league club & 123rd at Ayresome Park & a Craig Johnston with his 9th goal of the season, in front of 15,990 I can't praise John Neal enough for the team he was building at Ayresome Park, a truly fast, attacking, youthful team & another 'if only' Boro team Boro team on the day Jim Platt John Craggs Ian Bailey Craig Johnston Billy Ashcroft Irving Nattrass Terry Cochrane Mark Proctor David Hodgson Dave Shearer Dave Armstrong Sub - Tony McAndrew Link to post Share on other sites
RiseAgainst 3,777 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I suspect the scoreline will be reversed when we play Spurs again. And I wonder if we'll ever see a Boro team with 11 UK players starting, let alone a team with three Dave/Davids in it. You know where you are with a player called Dave. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DocMartin 682 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Crying shame that the chairmans greed was put before the needs of the team. Some quality players sold forcing Neal to leave and handing a poisoned chalice to Murdoch. Oh what could have been. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Boro flashback this day back in 1986 - Sunday football 21st December the Boro travelled to Griffin Park to face Brentford in our 3rd division fixture, the game was played on a sunday which was Boro's 2nd ever Sunday fixture, though 1st league fixture after playing Notts County away on Sunday the 7th of December in the 2nd round of the FAC, which I travelled to on the supporters coach And similar to the Notts County game we came away with a 1-0 away win in a memorable season This game also included a debutant in Paul Proudlock, wearing the No12 shirt, replacing Archie Stephens in the 2nd half Bruce's team Stephen Pears Brian Laws Colin Cooper Tony Mowbray Gary Parkinson Gary Pallister Bernie Slaven Archie Stephens Gary Hamilton Gary Gill Stuart Ripley 1986-88 was similar to 1973-75 whereas the team was virtually the same, week in, week out Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Boro flashback - This day 1985 & our 1st double of the season 21st December seen the Boro travel to Craven Cottage & record our 1st double of the season, in front of 3,513, our 1st back to back wins of the season & 2nd away win when we battered Fulham 3-0 with a brace from Gary Rowell, scoring his 6th & 7th goals of the season & Bernie Slaven, with a goal doubling his Boro account, his 1st Boro away goal on his 11th appearence The late, great Willie Maddren will have an enjoyable night & few drinks to celebrate an excellent win in the capital Boro team Stephen Pears Brian Laws Tony McAndrew Tony Mowbray Don O'Riordan Gary Pallister Gary Hamilton Pat Heard Bernie Slaven Archie Stephens Gary Rowell Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,218 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 I wasn't sure whether to post this on here or not but over on FMTTM there's a thread about you. Someone has said you have suffered a family bereavement? Just wanted to offer my sympathies and best wishes if that's the case. Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 22 hours ago, Changing Times said: I wasn't sure whether to post this on here or not but over on FMTTM there's a thread about you. Someone has said you have suffered a family bereavement? Just wanted to offer my sympathies and best wishes if that's the case. Thank you 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) H all, hope you all had a lovely xmas day Boro flashback to probably one of my favourite festive Boro games, back in 1976 27th December Ason Villa arrived at Ayresome Park unbeaten since 29th October when losing 3-0 at Liverpool David Mills scored the 1st of the 2 hat tricks he scored in his Boro career The whistle blew with Boro going in at HT 3-1 to the good & a half you didnt want to end we were that good, the score actually flattered Villa, we battered Villa The 2nd half was a totally different game as Villa took the game by the scruff of the neck when pulling a goal back, via Andy Gray A crowd of 31,451 with erimus & his younger brother Boro team Jim Platt John Craggs Terry Cooper Graeme Souness Stuey Boam Willie Maddren Tony McAndrew David Mills Alf Woods Peter Brine David Armstrong Sub Alan Willey replaced Willie Maddren Edited December 27, 2019 by Erimus74 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Boro flashback - This day 1977 We say farewell to the best Boro player, IMHO, to play for our football club 31st December seen Graeme Souness play his final game for the mighty Boro in a 2-2 home draw v Norwich A couple of seasons previous, Souness scored the only goal v Norwich to temporarily take us to the top of the league, this time v Norwich he was saying goodbye Graeme Souness had signed for the Boro on the 30th December 1972 now leaving on the 31st 1977 with over 200 appearances for the Boro, scoring 23 goals, including one hat trick Another massive legend John Hickton also started his final game for the Boro after 11 seasons, ironically his 1st game for the Boro was No5 & his last starting shirt was No5, big John was to make 4 more appearances wearing the No12 shirt before leaving his beloved Boro Goalie Pat Cuff, who made his Boro debut on the 9th April 1974, in a 0-0 home draw v Bolton, was also playing his final game for the Boro as manager John Neal was checking out who he wants as No2 to Jim Platt going forward This game also seen Stan Cummins score his 1st home goal, doubling his Boro account Davey Armstrong got the other goal The game was watched by the lowest crowd of the season 15,646, which was 12,000 down on the previous home game 4 days earlier v Man City John Neal's team that finished the year Pat Cuff John Craggs Ian Bailey Graeme Souness John Hickton Alan Ramage David Mills Billy Ashcroft Tony McAndrew Davey Armstrong Sub - Billy Woof Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,175 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I would like to thank you for the time and effort and the enjoyment of your thread over the last few months or so, also as CT mentioned to acknowledge your recent family bereavement. Met Souness as he was dating my cousin at the time 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus74 2,980 Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 7 hours ago, Downsouth said: I would like to thank you for the time and effort and the enjoyment of your thread over the last few months or so, also as CT mentioned to acknowledge your recent family bereavement. Met Souness as he was dating my cousin at the time Thank you Link to post Share on other sites
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