TIE BREAK NEEDED TO SEPARATE THE TOP TWO. Details of the tie break question published below.
The reason I suggested that we had a day off between the finish of this quiz and the start of the Erimus74 least favourite quiz has come to pass.
I wanted a day to run a tie break question if it was required.
Here is the penultimate set of words from Erimus74 for this quiz. He will, of course, be providing his answers to the tie-break question in the due course:
"Last one in a quiz I've thoroughly enjoyed, it got me remincing back through some great players, playing in some great teams, both at Ayresome Park & the Riverside
Thinking of my utility player, as someone said Willie Maddren would have been ideal, Stuey Boam once said at the 73-74 ex players reunion, Willie could play in every position, even in goal & be just as comfortable, but he was rightly included in the 1st 11
3 players who I thought right at the beginning when thinking of this point & all from Ayresome Park
Colin Cooper, who I mentioned when talking about him as a contender for my favourite, was as good on his return as he was when he played in his 1st spell, infact he came back a better player
A right footed left back he fitted in to that role brilliantly, the only occassions I seen him struggle was against Blackpool, we lost 3-1 October 86, Bradford away in the 3rd division & at Forest, he was a great defender, leader, his 1st goal at home to WBA & the winner at the holgate end a cracker against Luton in the 1st division
He was sold & then returned a better player, even played for England
FB, CH he was just as comfortable, even in goal where he deputised in goal for Pears for 15 minutes at home to Villa
2 spells consisting of 346 games, scoring 11 goals
At the 20 year reunion dinner (1986-2006) he stood up & said, '86-89 was an incredible journey, 'Players can go through their whole career & not experience what we did back then & then finished with, 'we didn't realise what we had till it was gone'
Darren Wood, I loved his time at the club, the lad from Scarborough signed for us as an apprentice when John Neal was manager & we had a very talented team that he must have thought, how am I going to break in to this 1st team when i'm ready, well when that time came the Boro were a shadow of themselves to that team, Darren Wood played a total of 115 games, scoring 6 goals & played in 7 different shirt numbers, a vital peg in the team, a valuable asset, he was played in defence, midfield & forward, once established he never missed a game, you just knew a bigger club were going to buy him
In his 1st season he played 11 games, the following 2 seasons until his departure he played every game, wearing shirt No's 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10
For such a young, inexperienced player how more versatile could a player become, he had a certain swagger about him, you knew he was destined for bigger & better times, he played above his years & eventually got that big money move away, signing for Chelsea in September 1984
Tony McAndrew, the youngest player to score a hat trick for the Boro 1st team, in his 11th game he bagged 3 at home to Sheffield United in a 1st division fixture, one week after his 20th birthday
His debut in 1973 at home to Luton wearing the No4 shirt when deputising for Souness, he was a solid performer, giving 110% every game, he was named captain when Stuey Boam was sold to Newcastle in 1979 & the clubs penalty taker,
he played under 6 different managers at the Boro, big Jack twice, John Neal twice, Bobby Murdoch, Malcolm Allison, Willie Maddren & Bruce Rioch &practically an ever present with every manager, his never say die attitude on & off the pitch, on the pitch his clenched fists, geeing up his teammates, his rugged, no nonsense taking no prisoner tackling, I recall two occasions, one 2 separate occasions when we played Wolves, 1st one, we’d used our sub, McAndrew got injured & hobbled off, got a bandage round his boot & ankle & sent back on with John Neal saying to him, ‘just be a nuisance, which he was, all you could see was this bandage coming off, trailing behind him & then after Wolves knocked us out of the FAC, as coluka rightly pointed out, he didnt hold back, he let the players know what he thought of them, I dont think he done himself any favours with the board at the time
John Neal knew his value to any team & took him to Chelsea in 1982, he re-signed for the Boro in 1984 when Willie Maddren brought him back to the Boro, he was part of the transfer that took Darren Wood to Chelsea along with Boro receiving £72k
Tony Mac went on to play 354 games, scoring 18 goals, over 2 spells at at the club, while playing in 8 different shirt No’s 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 & sub on 5 occasions
At a 79-81 ex players reunion he stood up talking about his career at the Boro, the teams he played in & said, ‘he thought he wasn't good enough to play in John Neals team, he certainly was, every team needs a Tony McAndrew, 6 managers will testify for that
Bruce Rioch told a group of us at the b86 players reunion that he spoke to Tony Mac at the end of the season & said he would love to keep him at the Boro for the 3rd division but couldn't afford him
Tony McAndrew would be the utility player that I would chose for the Boro"
Hard luck to weststandwally who slipped up at the final fence. Today I have sorted on names in reverse alphabetical order. To give junosboots a chance to see his name at the top of the list. Also putting westendwally at the top of the list of the joint 3rd placers.
Erimus74 and myself both hope you have all enjoyed the quiz so far. There will now be one final round for the top two as follows.
I am going to ask Erimus74 to name 3 favourite players that just missed out on the top 12. In priority order numbered 1, 2 and 3. Ignoring position or shirt number.
I am also asking coluka and junosboots to post their next top 10 guesses numbered 1-10. Again ignoring position or shirt number.
The winner will be determined by comparing Erimus74's first reserve favourite with the two lists from coluka and junosboots. Whichever list the name is higher in is the winner. If, by some miracle, there is still a tie we will do the same with Erimus74's second reserve. In the highly unlikely event that there is still a tie we I will do the same with Erimus74's 3rd reserve choice. If there is still a tie they deserve to be joint winners.
coluka & junosboots - please can you post your list of 10 names on here before 12:00 noon tomorrow UK time.
Erimus74 - please can you send me your list of 3 reserves in priority order at your leisure.
In the meantime, for anyone interested in taking part in the next quiz please have a look here:
https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?thr...mus74s-least-favourite-boro-footballers.2583/
The rules for the next quiz are going to be slightly different. So there is a poll in the post mentioned above. Where those planning to take part can have a view on one of the rules.
Thanks to everyone who has taken part.
May the best person (CORRECTED) win the tie break.