John Hendrie scored Boro's 1st ever PL hat trick
Boro beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 at Ayresome Park, with Stuart Ripley one of the 1986 Boro legends, returning to the Boro for the 1st time since his big money transfer during the close season
A nervous Stuart Ripley was left disappointed as the mighty Boro beat Rovers who fell to their 1st away defeat of the season
It was John Hendries 1st of 3 Boro career hat tricks, our 89th hat trick at AP & 127 in total since becoming a league club in 1899
Lennies team
Stephen Pears
Curtis Fleming
Jimmy Phillips
Nicky Mohan - 1st game of the season
Derek Whyte
Robbie Mustoe
John Hendrie
Andy Peake
Paul Wilkinson
Craig Hignett - Home debut
Tommy Wright
Sub
No12 Jamie Pollock
No14 Graham Kavanagh
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