Best - David Armstrong.
About a year before he passed away. Him and Jim Platt were in the Golden Lion at Ozzy. He was my hero as a kid in Jack’s team. I just thanked him for everything that he did that made him my hero. Poor guy could hardly walk he said because of all the injections he’d had...
My favourite player when I watched Boro as a kid.
Plenty has already been said on here about his skills as a footballer. Definitely should have got more England caps IMO and maybe could have.
I was lucky enough to meet my hero last year in the Golden Lion at Osmotherley where he was staying...
I remember talk of roadblocks by SYP to stop an anticipated 10k Boro fans travelling.
I went by train and met a pal who was a Wendys fan. I stood with him in the Kop.
Boro section was in main stand to the right of the Leppings Lane end (as I looked) but plenty of other Boro around the ground.
I...