49 years ago Boro beat Man City 1-0 with a John Hickton 8th of the season at Ayresome Park in our semi final first leg cup tie
Big Jacks team
Jim Platt
John Craggs
Ian Bailey
Graeme Souness
Stuey Boam
Willie Maddren
Bobby Murdoch
David Mills
John Hickton - Alan Foggon
Terry Cooper
David Armstrong
Attendance - 34,579
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This is amongst my earliest memories as a Boro fan.
I can remember being excited for a possible trip to Wembley for the final.
Then we got humped 4-0 is the second leg.
We did have a great team though. One of our best ever.