Erimus74
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Who signed for the mighty Boro from Newcastle in July 1979
Newcastle were relegated in 79 & Nattrass wanted to stay in the top flight, hr joined the Boro, but with both clubs unable to come to a figure it went to an independent tribunal who fixed the tranfer fee at £475k, a club record
His, debut was a good while after signing due to an achilles tendon injury, unfortunately his time at the Boro was stop & start with season 83-84 been the only time in his time at the Boro, probably his career, he played every minute of every game league, league Cup & FAC Cup games, in total 47 games in one season
In 6 seasons he clocked up 220 games, scoring 2 goals & played in 9 different positions
I liked IN, thought he was a classy CB, nowhere near as good as Willie Maddren but I thought what a cracking signing John Neal had made, in a good, exciting team who score goals, now sorting out the defence, but it wasn't to be, as mentioned, his career was stop start & played all over didn't give him a specific role at the club
In his 1st season 79-80 he wore shirt numbers, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 12 & TBH that's how it continued
His 1st of 2 goals was a 3-0 home win over Leeds 1st home game of the season & 1982-83 a penalty at home to QPR in a 2-1, big Mals 1st game as manager
In fact throughout his time at the Boro he also wore No's 2, 5, 7, meaning No's 1 & 11 were only ones he didn't play with on his shirt
Newcastle were relegated in 79 & Nattrass wanted to stay in the top flight, hr joined the Boro, but with both clubs unable to come to a figure it went to an independent tribunal who fixed the tranfer fee at £475k, a club record
His, debut was a good while after signing due to an achilles tendon injury, unfortunately his time at the Boro was stop & start with season 83-84 been the only time in his time at the Boro, probably his career, he played every minute of every game league, league Cup & FAC Cup games, in total 47 games in one season
In 6 seasons he clocked up 220 games, scoring 2 goals & played in 9 different positions
I liked IN, thought he was a classy CB, nowhere near as good as Willie Maddren but I thought what a cracking signing John Neal had made, in a good, exciting team who score goals, now sorting out the defence, but it wasn't to be, as mentioned, his career was stop start & played all over didn't give him a specific role at the club
In his 1st season 79-80 he wore shirt numbers, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 12 & TBH that's how it continued
His 1st of 2 goals was a 3-0 home win over Leeds 1st home game of the season & 1982-83 a penalty at home to QPR in a 2-1, big Mals 1st game as manager
In fact throughout his time at the Boro he also wore No's 2, 5, 7, meaning No's 1 & 11 were only ones he didn't play with on his shirt
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