Erimus74
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Final match in charge of our great football club
1st February seen the mighty Boro lose 3-1 at home to Charlton, with Gary Rowell scoring our consolation goal from the penalty spot for his 10th goal of the season
Boro were without a win in the calander year while, not only collecting one point out of a possible 12 in January & knocked out of the FAC but have started February in the same run of form
IMHO, Willie never stood a chance from the beginning, the club was in a rut, we were in the lowest ebb of our entire history & it had to get worse before it improved, which was the case
He was an unlucky manager, probably & most likely, again IMHO, the right manager at the wrong time, the players WM brought in, who not only played a major part in the clubs fantastic era over the next few seasons that were to follow & when some were eventually sold brought a massive injection of cash in to the Boro's coffers, probably his most importing signing was bringing Bruce Rioch to our football club, but unfortunately Willie was to pay a price for the failure of the running of the club who thought it best to sell the clubs jewels in 1980's & replace with lesser quality players to end up at our present predicament
Ironically, future Boro manager Lennie Lawrences Charlton brought Willie's time to a final conclusion & up stepped sir Bruce to take over the helm & take us to one of the most exciting periods in our history & whoever was lucky enough to play & support the Boro through an era will never forget, or want to
Willie's final team selection v Charlton
Stephen Pears
Brian Laws
Tony McAndrew
Tony Mowbray
Don O'Riordon
Gary Pallister
Gary Hamilton
Pat Heard
Bernie Slaven
Archie Stephens
Gary Rowell
Sub
Peter Beagrie, who replaced Gary Pallister in the 2nd half
1st February seen the mighty Boro lose 3-1 at home to Charlton, with Gary Rowell scoring our consolation goal from the penalty spot for his 10th goal of the season
Boro were without a win in the calander year while, not only collecting one point out of a possible 12 in January & knocked out of the FAC but have started February in the same run of form
IMHO, Willie never stood a chance from the beginning, the club was in a rut, we were in the lowest ebb of our entire history & it had to get worse before it improved, which was the case
He was an unlucky manager, probably & most likely, again IMHO, the right manager at the wrong time, the players WM brought in, who not only played a major part in the clubs fantastic era over the next few seasons that were to follow & when some were eventually sold brought a massive injection of cash in to the Boro's coffers, probably his most importing signing was bringing Bruce Rioch to our football club, but unfortunately Willie was to pay a price for the failure of the running of the club who thought it best to sell the clubs jewels in 1980's & replace with lesser quality players to end up at our present predicament
Ironically, future Boro manager Lennie Lawrences Charlton brought Willie's time to a final conclusion & up stepped sir Bruce to take over the helm & take us to one of the most exciting periods in our history & whoever was lucky enough to play & support the Boro through an era will never forget, or want to
Willie's final team selection v Charlton
Stephen Pears
Brian Laws
Tony McAndrew
Tony Mowbray
Don O'Riordon
Gary Pallister
Gary Hamilton
Pat Heard
Bernie Slaven
Archie Stephens
Gary Rowell
Sub
Peter Beagrie, who replaced Gary Pallister in the 2nd half
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