Without revealing your age who is your first favourite footballer?

[Millbrook]

Jimmy Greaves - seem to remember him getting the ball on the half way line, taking on the Newcastle defence and stroking the ball into the bottom corner - all on a black and white TV.

 

[Reidydog]

Gary Shaw

 

[Slipperutb01]

Stan Cummins

 

[NYboro]

John Hickton, although John O'Rourke would run him close.

 

[Simply red]

Hickton , Charlie George , Summerbee , Best , Clarke ,

 

[BoroinBuxton]

Malcolm MacDonald and Frank Worthington, by a mile.

First Boro player, John Hickton- again by a mile

 

[smogintheforest]

Alan Peacock and Danny Blanchflower!

 

[bevoboro]

Ronaldo R9

 

[Cecil J McTumshie]

Jocky Scott

 

[Ignore_Alien_Orders]

John Hickton

 

[bertiesboro]

Alan Ball but for the Boro John Hickton

 

[WindyNook]

Bill Harris

 

[SailOnSailor]

David Harvey

 

[Colin Warnek]

Figo
Zidane
Rui Costa
Solskjaer
Ham the Man

 

[Right footed Left winger]

Ruben Sosa

 

[Estonboy]

Mick McNeil - ca. 1962/63. Not sure why, although we had 3 great full backs in Gordon Jones, Cyril Knowles and McNeil. He got a few England caps and eventually went to Ipswich.

I started a cuttings scrapbook from the Gazette and he was 'the' first. Never got his autograph unfortunately.

 

[Fatsuma]

Fatty Foulke

 

[kuepper]

Brian Clough then Eddie Holliday just behind, and internationally Di Stefano and Puskas

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

Rippers.

 

[zaphod]

Brian Clough