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Rooks being dropped is touched upon in the interview link in a previous post in this thread by @swordtrombonefish . If you scroll to the bottom of the interview, it shows letters from the following weeks' Gazette slating Stan for dropping Rooks, as well as Gordon Jones and top scorer John...

'He played for both sides' section: David Chadwick https://www.shaunkeogh.co.uk/admin_area/videos/pdfs/90ModulePDF28.pdf

I could have read a poem called Ozymandias to her instead. Ugly; Stranglers.

How does a duck know what direction south is? And how to tell his wife from all the other ducks? Crash Test Dummies, 'How Does A Duck Know?'

Boro also needed to score 4 in our last semi final second leg so... chin up :) o_O

If you scroll through the edition of MSS in the link below, there is a short piece from 2000 written by Rob Skilbeck entitled 'Ravanelli: Villian or Victim?' Some of the events in the article have been touched on in this thread, but it also mentions a few events that occurred during...

I used to send copies of MSS magazine to Ray after first meeting him at a former player reunion. He often responded to receiving the magazine with hand written letters of thanks, and anecdotes of former Boro players, arising from his memory being jogged by the former player interviews in MSS...

Here is a short video of John O'Rourke speaking in 2006 about joining Boro from Luton in 1966, in what is a now rarely heard London accent, and accompanied by his farting leather sofa.

Perhaps with Stefan Kuntz as his assistant?

For those on Twitter, perhaps consider following @head4change, a charity researching into connections between heading footballs and dementia. It is supported by Bill's wife, Dr. Judith Gates. On Wednesday this week (25th) at the ARC in Stockton, the film The Billion Pound Game is premiering at...

I had not known of a Boro player called Alan Smith, and as I had already given away the physio's name, I assumed you meant Alex, as he was of the era that the photograph was taken.

Here is the original uncropped photograph, taken from John O'Rouke's scrapbook.

Spot on Almeria. Thanks to all for taking part.

You probably mean Alex Smith mercury, but it's not him...

Excellent stuff, Almeria. However, it is not Stan Marshall (good guess though - it's the right era). So all we are left with is 1st on left and the side image of the guy 2nd right, which I'll give away now as it is a tough one - it is George Wright, the physio. So - who is is chap on the far...