This day 1977 - John Neal had lost one of, if not, the best defender in his term as manager wherever he went

Erimus74

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3rd September 1977

John Neals 2nd away game & 4th game as Boro manager seen a Boro legend make his final appearence in a Boro shirt, a record signing making his Boro debut, an opposing player with a massive future for WBA makes his debut & a future Boro manager score for the opposition

The late, great Willie Maddren, the best defender we've had, bar none, IMHO mind, made 340 appearences, scoring 21 goals for the mighty Boro, played his last 1st team game for the Boro on this day while new signing Billy Ashcroft, arrived from Wrexham in midweek for a club record £135k made his debut, Peter Brine made his last Boro away
RIP Cyril Regis making his debut, scoring the winner for WBA

Two goals in 5 minutes in the 1st half put WBA in the driving seat, on 15 minutes, future Boro manager, Bryan Robson scores from close range to put WBA one up & within 5 minutes Cyril Regis scores on his debut to double their lead, Willie wrote in his extra time book said, a fit WM would have stopped Cryril Regis getting near goal to score

On the 47th minute David Mills pulled a goal back to put the Boro back in the game & for a while the game went from end to end, with a few minutes remaining, David Mills hit the bar & with that our final chance in taking something out of the game had gone, resulting in the mighty Boro suffering their 1st defeat of the season

Laurie Cunninghams debut season for WBA, Bryan Robson was in his 2nd season & Cyril Regis making his debut, they had some team back then

John Neals team

Jim Platt
John Craggs
Terry Cooper
Peter Brine
Stuart Boam
Willie Maddren
John Mahoney
David Mills
Billy Ashcroft
Tony McAndrew
David Armstrong
Sub
Graeme Hedley

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