Erimus74
Well-known member
Bruce Rioch returned to the Ayresome Park dugout this day 1991, not as Boro manager but as todays opponents Millwall, take nothing away from Lennie, I loved Lennies time at the Boro
IMHO Bruce (the late, great Willie Maddrens final piece of business as our manager was bringing Sir Bruce to the mighty Boro) saved our football club, certainly the right man at the right time, following the hard work Willie Maddren had put in place with his excellent signings, BR had to guide them in the right direction, which he done brilliantly
Lennies debut in the dugout was a home game against our former manager, Lennie brought 3 players to the club during the summer, giving 2 of them a home debut for the opening fixture, Willie Falconer, registered No609 & Paul Wilkinson, registerred No610 a double swoop signings from Watford, with Trevor Putney going in the other direction as part of the Willie Falconer transfer
The game was won by a Robbie Mustoe goal, wearing the No7 shirt, an excellent signing by our previous manager Colin Todd
Lennie's 1st official team he picked
Stephen Pears
Gary Parkinson
Jimmy Phillips
Tony Mowbray
Alan Kernaghan
Willie Falconer
Robbie Mustoe
Mark Proctor
Paul Wilkinson
Stuart Ripley
John Hendrie
Attendance - 16,234
IMHO Bruce (the late, great Willie Maddrens final piece of business as our manager was bringing Sir Bruce to the mighty Boro) saved our football club, certainly the right man at the right time, following the hard work Willie Maddren had put in place with his excellent signings, BR had to guide them in the right direction, which he done brilliantly
Lennies debut in the dugout was a home game against our former manager, Lennie brought 3 players to the club during the summer, giving 2 of them a home debut for the opening fixture, Willie Falconer, registered No609 & Paul Wilkinson, registerred No610 a double swoop signings from Watford, with Trevor Putney going in the other direction as part of the Willie Falconer transfer
The game was won by a Robbie Mustoe goal, wearing the No7 shirt, an excellent signing by our previous manager Colin Todd
Lennie's 1st official team he picked
Stephen Pears
Gary Parkinson
Jimmy Phillips
Tony Mowbray
Alan Kernaghan
Willie Falconer
Robbie Mustoe
Mark Proctor
Paul Wilkinson
Stuart Ripley
John Hendrie
Attendance - 16,234