Boro Legend..........

Stocktonian

Stocktonian

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.........for me it’s only what my grandad told me, after all he saw he play but Wilf Mannion was and is the only Boro legend ever.

For the record mine was Bernie Slaven , but that’s just my opinion
 
Stocktonian said:
.........for me it’s only what my grandad told me, after all he saw he play but Wilf Mannion was and is the only Boro legend ever.

For the record mine was Bernie Slaven , but that’s just my opinion
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You must be young.
That was my Dads favourite.
Mine, the one and only Big John Hickton. :) (y)
 
its hard to pick a Boro Legend as Wilf must be up there but having not seen him or have much video then people who have not seen him have trouble picking him as a legend ..... my fav Boro player ever is Souness but I would not call him a legend.....Mogga, Platt, Armstrong, all had outstanding Boro careers pre Riverside... Big John is my number 3, Juninho number 2 but for me the number 1 because of talent, local lad and true Boro has to be Willie Maddren.
 
Brian Clough would say, “I’m not saying i’m The biggest Middlesbrough legend but I am in the top one, young man....” 😊
 
I love John Hickton, my favourite without a doubt though for me there are many legends, players & managers
 
My old fella said his favourite players from his 80 odd years of following the Boro were Mannion, Clough, Juninho and Emerson.

I only remember 1968 onwards and my top Boro legends (so far) are Souness and Juninho, after that I would be giving special mentions to a lot of players.

We are very lucky though to support a relatively modest, unfashionable and geographically remote club and to have had such a fantastic array of talented footballers wear the shirt over the years.
 
I have seen some truly top class talent wear our shirt and give their all since first becoming a regular in 73/74. It has been a privilege to do so, made even sweeter due to the fact we have had more pups than the RSPCA in that time too.

My top 3 players that I have enjoyed watching and admired and been most proud of whilst wearing the red and white are without doubt
1. Juninho. He just glided around the pitch like he was floating on air. The nearest I can relate to about my dads comments about Mannion. For one so slight, he was a giant of a man on the pitch and off it. Loved everything about him, he adopted Middlesbrough as much as we adopted him.
2. Graeme Souness. I can not say enough superlatives about this no nonsense combative midfielder. He was so much more than exceptional. A tough tackling, goal scoring, ball winning machine. Players like him do not come around that often. Born in Scotland, assembled in Middlesbrough by Big Jack, but a special thank you to Stan Anderson for identifying the raw talent.
3. Willie Maddren. Mr Middlesbrough. The best centre half in England never to be capped at full level. He was the most. complete, cultured, stylish, ball playing CB in England. Better than Todd and Beattie, Englands loss was Boro’s gain. Had he been from the South or a fashionable northern club he would have had more caps than JD Sports. He went on to manage Boro at the most turbulent time in our history yet created the foundations for the Rioch revolution, as Stan had done similarly for Big Jack previously.

Many others could arguably feel aggrieved not to make the above list and in truth another day might have. Watching Boro is like a marriage, you have your ups and downs, highs and lows, you have to work at it and your resolve gets truly tested at times, but the shared memories that are created along the way make life so very rewarding.
 
What Coluka says.
Not sure about the order, could probably change from day to day.
But certainly those three are the ones.
 
coluka said:
I have seen some truly top class talent wear our shirt and give their all since first becoming a regular in 73/74. It has been a privilege to do so, made even sweeter due to the fact we have had more pups than the RSPCA in that time too.

My top 3 players that I have enjoyed watching and admired and been most proud of whilst wearing the red and white are without doubt
1. Juninho. He just glided around the pitch like he was floating on air. The nearest I can relate to about my dads comments about Mannion. For one so slight, he was a giant of a man on the pitch and off it. Loved everything about him, he adopted Middlesbrough as much as we adopted him.
2. Graeme Souness. I can not say enough superlatives about this no nonsense combative midfielder. He was so much more than exceptional. A tough tackling, goal scoring, ball winning machine. Players like him do not come around that often. Born in Scotland, assembled in Middlesbrough by Big Jack, but a special thank you to Stan Anderson for identifying the raw talent.
3. Willie Maddren. Mr Middlesbrough. The best centre half in England never to be capped at full level. He was the most. complete, cultured, stylish, ball playing CB in England. Better than Todd and Beattie, Englands loss was Boro’s gain. Had he been from the South or a fashionable northern club he would have had more caps than JD Sports. He went on to manage Boro at the most turbulent time in our history yet created the foundations for the Rioch revolution, as Stan had done similarly for Big Jack previously.

Many others could arguably feel aggrieved not to make the above list and in truth another day might have. Watching Boro is like a marriage, you have your ups and downs, highs and lows, you have to work at it and your resolve gets truly tested at times, but the shared memories that are created along the way make life so very rewarding.
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Spot on mate 👌👍
 
I could pick many I have enjoyed watching over my 40 plus years watching the Boro, legend is probably bandied about too liberally these days.

From Brucie's side it would be Mogga and Bernie and from the Riverside era Juninho, Schwarzer and Southgate.

At a push from more recent times maybe Leadbetter or Friend?

My old fella would have added Clough, Mannion, Maddren and Big John to that last.
 
For my age and looking at it now.

The people who helped keep Middlesbrough FC alive in 86.

Then that group of staff and players in 86 (incl Groundstaff to the tea lady)

Tony Mowbray is the stand out player of that time for me and in recent times it has to be Juninho.

No one else has come remotely close to them and those 2 since.
 
boroboy6872 said:
For my age and looking at it now.

The people who helped keep Middlesbrough FC alive in 86.

Then that group of staff and players in 86 (incl Groundstaff to the tea lady)

Tony Mowbray is the stand out player of that time for me and in recent times it has to be Juninho.

No one else has come remotely close to them and those 2 since.
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Yes I agree that for different reasons the entire Rioch team led by Mogga that saved the club is probably on a different level to the normal ‘legend’ status.
 
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