A win 45 years ago tonight took us to our 1st major final, gerrriiiiiin there

[Erimus74]

When the mighty Boro defeated Manfield Town 2-0 in the 2nd leg of the ASC, after winning the 1st leg 3-0 this game was more or less a formality but a job had to be done & big Jck made sure a professional job was carried out when he picked as strong a team as he could

With goals from Bobby Murdoch & Graeme Souness our passage in to the ASC cup final was booked

Big Jacks team

Jim Platt
John Craggs
Terry Cooper
Phil Boersma
Stuey Boam
Willie Maddren
Bobby Murdoch
David Mills
Alan Willey
John Hickton
David Armstrong
Sub
Alan Foggon

 

[coluka]

The tournament where I grew to appreciate the silky skills of Les Strong

 

[coluka]

It was a great cross from Cooper. Wiki bizarrely shows Spike as the goalscorer

 

[Erimus74]

It was a great cross from Cooper. Wiki bizarrely shows Spike as the goalscorer

Good, we'll keep it that way coluka

 

[Erimus74]

Match Ticket

 

[atypical_boro]

"major final"?

 

[Erimus74]

"major final"?

Yep, you dont have a problem with that do you

 

[atypical_boro]

Yep, you dont have a problem with that do you

Ha, well I'm just not sure its correct. If we don't let the Geordies have the Fairs Cup, we can't have this!

 

[WindyNook]

And we won the final without scoring!

 

[Erimus74]

Ha, well I'm just not sure its correct. If we don't let the Geordies have the Fairs Cup, we can't have this!

In my eyes its a major final, I can see a Harry Hill moment & 'fight'

 

[coluka]

Ha, well I'm just not sure its correct. If we don't let the Geordies have the Fairs Cup, we can't have this!

We got a trophy, they only got a certificate, so yes it is far more important

 

[atypical_boro]

In my eyes its a major final, I can see a Harry Hill moment & 'fight'

Haha ok. Maybe its just subjective.

 

[coluka]

In my eyes its a major final, I can see a Harry Hill moment & 'fight'

Finally Erimus74, you get to test your MFC inscribed knuckleduster

 

[WindyNook]

Up here Geordies claim the Inter Toto cup
I keep asking them "Who did you play in the final"

 

[Erimus74]

Finally Erimus74, you get to test your MFC inscribed knuckleduster

coluka, you have to stand up for what you think is right & proper, I dont care about the geordies

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Not many there that night. It was half term so I went down on a Halls Bros bus on the morning. Stood next to the tunnel, might have been a bus load or so behind the goal.

I was there until the Sunday staying with relatives, went to the Clipstone CW Club with my aunt Sylvia on the Saturday, her drink was a 'bottle of Nut Brown with a sherry' added to it. Hard core. Great club at the time, probably gone now

 

[Erimus74]

Not many there that night. It was half term so I went down on a Halls Bros bus on the morning. Stood next to the tunnel, might have been a bus load or so behind the goal.

I was there until the Sunday staying with relatives.I went to the Clipstone CW Club with my aunt Sylvia on the Saturday, her drink was a 'bottle of Nut Brown with a sherry' added to it. Hard core. Great club at the time, probably gone now

Cheers for that corcaigh

 

[Erimus74]

Gerrrrrrrrrriiiiiiinnnnnn there

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

Love the fact you celebrate this rather quirky little triumph on our history - and the fact that it is a semi final against mighty Mansfield not a final too. TRULY British eccentricity.

 

[stjohn]

I remember taunting Liverpool fans at Anfield in1979 that they had never won the Anglo Scottish Cup. Didn't come out on the best side of that argument!