This day 1973 - for me the mother of all Boro sesons

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Boro flashback 29th September 1973

Boro 2 Bristol City 0

Standing in the boysend with my younger brother Kevin, star struck at our latest signing, ex Celtic, former European cup winning legend, Bobby Murdoch, making his home debut, in front of 17,069, our biggest crowd of the season so far at Ayresome Park

The mighty Boro put then clear leaders Bristol City to the sword, with a 2-0 win, goals from home debutant Bobby Murdoch & David Armstrong, his 2nd Boro 1st team carear goal, 1st goal of the season & 1st at Ayresome Park

Victory seen Boro draw level with City at the top of the table, a position we occupied for the duration of that fantastic, unbelievable, so glad I was old enough, probably never be repeated again, season

After 3 consecutive goalless draws, Villa, Orient & Blackpool, it was a great win at the right time, against a team who had come to AP full of confidence to hopefully stay clear at the top of the table & in the process of winning 2-0 we had gone 5 consecutive games without conceding a goal, a feat we were to master that season at home

Big Jacks team

Jim Platt
John Craggs
Frank Spraggon
Graeme Souness
Stuey Boam
Willie Maddren
Bobby Murdoch
David Mills
John Hickton
Alan Foggon
David Armstrong

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Bobby Murdoch registered No495, became the 88th different Boro player to score on his debut