Thanks Picto and Trug,I remember it was common knowledge that Charlie Amer did not want promotion and it was the dropping of Rooks that seemed to shock and anger many of us Boro fans at the time. Nice to get a precise date,1969,I was 13 then.
I seem to remember towards the end of one season that Rooks was dropped which seemed crazy as we were going for promotion and he was outstanding.. Rumour was the club didn’t want promotion and it worked,dropping him ended our promotion push.
Harry Fenton or Dandy can’t remember which version it was in Boro,was on the Linthorpe Road side of the Cleveland Centre, London mens fashion store that spread nationwide.