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...