They say you should never meet your hero

John Hickton made his final start for the mighty Boro wearing the No5 shirt, the same number he wore on his Boro debut

24th September 1966 JH wore the No5 shirt in a 3-2 win at home to Workington
31st December 1977 JH wore the No5 shirt in a 2-2 draw at home to Norwich
 
I went to the Riverside reception last year asking if Alan Peacock comes to the stadium on non match days, the girl on the desk said certain days, so I left her my number, telling her I woukd like to get his autograph on my AP scrapbook
The following day AP phoned me at home, I was unable to meet up with him at the Riverside he then offered me his land-line number to tell him next time I'm free & we coukd arrange to meet at the stadium, I declined this offer, it was nice of him but he shouldn't be passing his number on

He then carried on telling me he had bought a new car & trying to fathom out how to use the car phone, what a lovely nan

Still haven't got his autograph on my scrapbook
 
When I was growing up, David Armstrong was my hero (relatively late in his Boro career). Many years later I met him at the Willie Maddren dinner at The Ladle.

As I was drunkenly telling him how he was my first ever sporting hero and that I’d cried when we sold him to Southampton, I’ve never seen someone look more underwhelmed. He let me ramble on for a couple of minutes, mumbled something about a friend and made a bee-line for the exit. Great night though!
 
King John was the scorer of one of my favourite ever Boro goals v Liverpool at Anfield in 1976. Have spoken with a couple of times at the Riverside - lovely fella.
 
One of the times I met AP he told me a nice little tale. He was at a dinner for Charlie Hurley (Sunderland centre half of roughly the same era). He was asked as part of the proceedings "Tell us Alan, who was the best centre half you ever faced".

"John Charles"
 
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