Erimus74
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13th January 1973 FAC 3rd round
Plymouth 1 Boro 0
Stan Anderson considered his Boro future after this defeat to 3rd divison Plymouth Argyle, with one win since 2nd December Stan had the weekend to consider his position on whether to stay as manager of the Boro, & if so, a sad ending to a good managers reign & the 1st Boro manager for me following the Boro
He had put together a very good team, made some excellent signings, including my favourite player of all time, John Hickton & introduced some brilliant youngsters through the ranks, Willie Maddren, David Mills, David Armstrong, he had transformed the mighty Boro from a relegated team to a team constantly knocking on the door to win promotion to the 1st division, now PL
Stan signed for the Boro from Newcastle in November 1965 as a player coach, the 1st such role in Boro's history, he then went on to become the 1st player to represent & captain all 3 north east teams, making his scoring debut at home to Cardiff on November 4th in a 4 -3 defeat,
January 1st seen him score his 2nd & last Boro goal in a 4-1 defeat at Rotherham & by April 66, with the team struggling & heading towards the 3rd division, he was offered the position as manager & was appointed manager of the Boro, unfortunatly Stan couldn't halt the slide in to the 3rd divison for the 1st time in our history
Stan got the Boro promoted at the 1st attempt & in the following 5 seasons had us finishing, 6th, 4th, 4th, 7th & his final full season 9th, this was long before the playoffs were even thought of
Stan had proved to be a very good manager, good football, cracking FAC runs, with victories over Man Utd & West Ham, the Ayresome Angels supporters on the terraces from 66 had come & gone though Stan had one thing that never left him, his eye for a good player, John Hickton, Hughie Mcllmoyle, Willie Whigham, John Craggs, record signing Jonny Crossen, 6 foot 2 eye of blue Stuey Boam is after you, world cup winner Nobby Stiles & the introduction of Willie Maddren, to eventually play alongside Boam as the telepathic twins, Jim Platt etc, etc, some of these players including his final 2 signing, Alan Foggon & Graeme Souness. who again, proved to be a master stroke for the incoming manager to take on & inherit a quality team ........big Jack come on in
The Boro team this day was.....
Jim Platt - Debut October 1971 John Craggs - Signed by Stan August 1971 Gordon Jones
Nobby Stiles - Signed by Stan Anderson summer 1971
Stuey Boam - Signed by Stan summer of 1971
Willie Maddren - Scoring debut 12th April 1969 Eric McMordie
John Hickton signed by Stan scoring who scored on his Boro debut on the 24th September 1966 David Mills - Full debut 12th April 1969 Graeme Souness - Final signing by Stan, debut 6th January 1972 Alan Foggon - 2nd final signing by Stan, debut 25th November 1972 Sub - Malcolm Smith
Plymouth 1 Boro 0
Stan Anderson considered his Boro future after this defeat to 3rd divison Plymouth Argyle, with one win since 2nd December Stan had the weekend to consider his position on whether to stay as manager of the Boro, & if so, a sad ending to a good managers reign & the 1st Boro manager for me following the Boro
He had put together a very good team, made some excellent signings, including my favourite player of all time, John Hickton & introduced some brilliant youngsters through the ranks, Willie Maddren, David Mills, David Armstrong, he had transformed the mighty Boro from a relegated team to a team constantly knocking on the door to win promotion to the 1st division, now PL
Stan signed for the Boro from Newcastle in November 1965 as a player coach, the 1st such role in Boro's history, he then went on to become the 1st player to represent & captain all 3 north east teams, making his scoring debut at home to Cardiff on November 4th in a 4 -3 defeat,
January 1st seen him score his 2nd & last Boro goal in a 4-1 defeat at Rotherham & by April 66, with the team struggling & heading towards the 3rd division, he was offered the position as manager & was appointed manager of the Boro, unfortunatly Stan couldn't halt the slide in to the 3rd divison for the 1st time in our history
Stan got the Boro promoted at the 1st attempt & in the following 5 seasons had us finishing, 6th, 4th, 4th, 7th & his final full season 9th, this was long before the playoffs were even thought of
Stan had proved to be a very good manager, good football, cracking FAC runs, with victories over Man Utd & West Ham, the Ayresome Angels supporters on the terraces from 66 had come & gone though Stan had one thing that never left him, his eye for a good player, John Hickton, Hughie Mcllmoyle, Willie Whigham, John Craggs, record signing Jonny Crossen, 6 foot 2 eye of blue Stuey Boam is after you, world cup winner Nobby Stiles & the introduction of Willie Maddren, to eventually play alongside Boam as the telepathic twins, Jim Platt etc, etc, some of these players including his final 2 signing, Alan Foggon & Graeme Souness. who again, proved to be a master stroke for the incoming manager to take on & inherit a quality team ........big Jack come on in
The Boro team this day was.....
Jim Platt - Debut October 1971 John Craggs - Signed by Stan August 1971 Gordon Jones
Nobby Stiles - Signed by Stan Anderson summer 1971
Stuey Boam - Signed by Stan summer of 1971
Willie Maddren - Scoring debut 12th April 1969 Eric McMordie
John Hickton signed by Stan scoring who scored on his Boro debut on the 24th September 1966 David Mills - Full debut 12th April 1969 Graeme Souness - Final signing by Stan, debut 6th January 1972 Alan Foggon - 2nd final signing by Stan, debut 25th November 1972 Sub - Malcolm Smith