This day 1976 - The late great Willie Maddren scored his final Boro goal

Erimus74

Erimus74

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When scoring our 3rd goal at home to Newcastle, David Mills scored our 1st to put us one up, Glenn Keeley scored one of the best OG I'd seen at Ayresome Park to put us 2-1 in front, Willie scored what should have been the winning goal with, sadly, his final Boro goal & his 21st Boro career goal
Sadly with 90 seconds on the clock remaining & game almost over as we very rarely conceded at home that season, never mind scoring two
I was in the Holgate with my dad & with time running out he said, right son let's get out before the rush, as we got to the bottom of the Holgate steps & walking onto boot boy alley a fan with a radio shouted 'it's 3 all', couldn't believe it, thought he was kidding

The late, great WM our best ever defender, IMHO, played 343 games between 1968 & 1976
He scored his 1st goal, on his full debut a header at the holgate end in a 3-2 loss to Bury, our only home defeat of the season

A true legend

Big Jacks team that day v Newcastle, I woukd think a few crates of milk would have been thrown across the room after that game

Jim Platt
Frank Spraggon
Ian Bailey - 3rd Boro game
Graeme Souness
Stuey Boam
Willie Maddren
Bobby Murdoch
David Mills
Phil Boersma - 1st game wearing No9
Terry Cooper
Davey Armstrong

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Seems like yesterday, great times. Although if Neil Warnock thinks The Riverside pitch is bad he’d have a heart attack with that one.
 
TeessideCleveland said:
His book is a great read - even better the updated version where his wife adds to it
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Read his book 3 times, made me laugh & cry, last time I read it was around the pool in Portugal with the sun blaring down I had tears I rolling down my face
TeessideCleveland, I will have to read the updated version

I feel so privalidged that not only to have watched him play, spoke to him while getting a signed autograph but also attended every home game he managed our football club

RIP Willie x
 
Erimus74 said:
Read his book 3 times, made me laugh & cry, last time I read it was around the pool in Portugal with the sun blaring down I had tears I rolling down my face
TeessideCleveland, I will have to read the updated version

I feel so privalidged that not only to have watched him play, spoke to him while getting a signed autograph but also attended every home game he managed our football club

RIP Willie x
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At the end of that season after beating Sheffield United 3-0 (Tony McAndrew hattrick) he got me and my late father to hold his player of the season trophy while he chatted to us and gave his autograph
 
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