Apologies for linking to the Mail but it's not often we see an article on a Boro legend
It wasn't. The offside law had been changed in 1925 by reducing the number of players from three to two and it was this that led to an increase in the number of goals scored in the ensuing period.Good article, i wonder how the offside rule was "relaxed " for deans record total
He was Boro's first England international I think.Steve Bloomer mentioned also played for Boro for a while.
I've heard that, but don't know if it's true. Opposition players conspiring to ensure he beat the record...Something I heard by word of mouth, many years ago, if anyone can fill in the gaps. Apparently there was shenanigans in the match where Deans broke the record. At Stamford Bridge?
There should be two books appearing about George Camsell over the next couple of years, from Tosh Warwick and then Paul Menzies. Looking forward to them both. We will learn a great deal more about the inter war goal machine.Great article
Looking forward to his book