Erimus74
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On the 23rd January
October 1978 I remember walking home from work one night & bought the evening gazette & there blazing the back page headlines Boro break transfer record
Boro were winless at home to this point & manager John Neal wanted width in his team so went out & signed Terry Cochrane from Burnley for a then club record fee of £238k
I'd never hear of him, or didn't even know we were interested in him
The following Saturday, October 14th, my 18th TC made his debut & TBH I seen no one at the Boro set up like him up to that point as a fan, as the game approached kick off Terry Cochrane went across to the touchline & stuck to it the whole match, it could be rose tinted glasses, but I would say a crowd favourite was born
He tortured Norwich & we gained our 1st home win of the season, with ac2nil victory, the following week Wolves at home & another 2 nil victory
Terry Cochranes 3rd game, his 1st away game, another 2 nil win & TC scoring his 1st Boro goal as Boro brushed aside Aston Villa
In October 1983 Terry moved on to Gillingham, with a, short spell in Hong Kong, later Terry played for Millwall, Hartlepool & Synners, 128 games between 1978-83, scoring 12 & who could forget 3 of those goals, when thrashing Chelsea 7-2 in the 1978 & 2 in the 1980-81 FAC run one against Swansea away & Wolves at home
He teased & tormented opposing full backs, even had John Craggs pulling his hair out at times
October 1978 I remember walking home from work one night & bought the evening gazette & there blazing the back page headlines Boro break transfer record
Boro were winless at home to this point & manager John Neal wanted width in his team so went out & signed Terry Cochrane from Burnley for a then club record fee of £238k
I'd never hear of him, or didn't even know we were interested in him
The following Saturday, October 14th, my 18th TC made his debut & TBH I seen no one at the Boro set up like him up to that point as a fan, as the game approached kick off Terry Cochrane went across to the touchline & stuck to it the whole match, it could be rose tinted glasses, but I would say a crowd favourite was born
He tortured Norwich & we gained our 1st home win of the season, with ac2nil victory, the following week Wolves at home & another 2 nil victory
Terry Cochranes 3rd game, his 1st away game, another 2 nil win & TC scoring his 1st Boro goal as Boro brushed aside Aston Villa
In October 1983 Terry moved on to Gillingham, with a, short spell in Hong Kong, later Terry played for Millwall, Hartlepool & Synners, 128 games between 1978-83, scoring 12 & who could forget 3 of those goals, when thrashing Chelsea 7-2 in the 1978 & 2 in the 1980-81 FAC run one against Swansea away & Wolves at home
He teased & tormented opposing full backs, even had John Craggs pulling his hair out at times