Erimus74
Well-known member
29/11/1986
Boro 1 Chester 2
Going into this third division fixture at Ayresome Park the Boro were unbeaten in 5 games, zero goals conceded in the previous 4 games, which included 2 consecutive away wins on the bounce, the Boro must have been full of confidence going in to this match, but a bit surprised with a drop in the attendance of 716 fans from 10,092 to 9,376, for this home fixture & our 1st ever meeting against Chester City
On the game itself, Bernie put the Boro 1-0 up for his 6th goal of the season but Chester didn't lay down & fought back, not only to equalise, but to then go infront when scoring twice, it remained this way with Chester victorious, recording the 1st league meeting between the 2 sides with a victory over the mighty Boro
This was our 2nd home defeat & 3rd defeat in total so far this campaign, which, considering the players have had no pre-season matches, only training in local parks, it showed the strength of the players to keep fit & sharp during the coming season & quite remarkable & the testing ability of Bruce Rioch & his 14 players to get to the end of November only 3 defeats, top of the league & still in the FAC
Bruce Riochs team
Stephen Pears
Brian Laws
Colin Cooper
Tony Mowbray
Gary Parkinson
Gary Pallister
Bernie Slaven
Archie Stephens
Alan Kernaghan
Gary Gill
Stuart Ripley
Sub, Gary Hamilton
Boro 1 Chester 2
Going into this third division fixture at Ayresome Park the Boro were unbeaten in 5 games, zero goals conceded in the previous 4 games, which included 2 consecutive away wins on the bounce, the Boro must have been full of confidence going in to this match, but a bit surprised with a drop in the attendance of 716 fans from 10,092 to 9,376, for this home fixture & our 1st ever meeting against Chester City
On the game itself, Bernie put the Boro 1-0 up for his 6th goal of the season but Chester didn't lay down & fought back, not only to equalise, but to then go infront when scoring twice, it remained this way with Chester victorious, recording the 1st league meeting between the 2 sides with a victory over the mighty Boro
This was our 2nd home defeat & 3rd defeat in total so far this campaign, which, considering the players have had no pre-season matches, only training in local parks, it showed the strength of the players to keep fit & sharp during the coming season & quite remarkable & the testing ability of Bruce Rioch & his 14 players to get to the end of November only 3 defeats, top of the league & still in the FAC
Bruce Riochs team
Stephen Pears
Brian Laws
Colin Cooper
Tony Mowbray
Gary Parkinson
Gary Pallister
Bernie Slaven
Archie Stephens
Alan Kernaghan
Gary Gill
Stuart Ripley
Sub, Gary Hamilton