On this day 10th December 1938 - Our final full season before the outbreak of WW2
Golden boy Wilf Mannion became the 9th different Boro player to score 4 goals in one game, 13th at Ayresome Park, 15th on Teesside & the 17th in total when four goals were scored in a competitive game
Goal scoring machine Micky Fenton became the 23rd different Boro player to score a first team hat tick, the 50th at Ayresome Park, 54th on Teesside & 65th in total
Wilf Gallows team went onto finish in 4th place, our second highest top flight finish, one place & 3 points higher than the previous season
We reached the 4th round of the FA with the following
3rd round H Bolton 0-0
3rd round replay A Bolton 0-0
3rd round replay Neutral ground Bolton 1-0 AET
4th Round H Sunderland 0-2
Micky Fenton, who went on to score 9 hat tricks, one four goal game & one five goal game throughout his Boro career, finished top goalscorer with 34 goals from 33 games
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