28th December 1985 - Boro 2 Sunderland 0

[erimus74]

A nice end to the football calendar with a victory over Sunderland

The mighty Boro won the game 2-0 with 2 headers goals at the holgate end from Tony Mowbray & Tony McAndrew, with an attendance of 19,701

The Boro hadn't reached a home attendance of double figures since April 25th April 1984 when 12,362 watched the Boro beat Sheff Weds 2-0

1984-85 - our highest attendance of the season was the final home game of the season, 7,800 v Birmingham
1985-86 - Up to the Sunderland game, our highest crowd was 6,130 v Bradford City, Bernie Slaven's debut

Willie Maddren's team.
Stephen Pears
Brian Laws
Tony McAndrew
Tony Mowbray
Don O'Riordan
Gary Pallister
Gary Hamilton
Pat Heard
Bernie Joseph Slaven
Archie Stephens
Gary Rowell

[In With the Lurpak]

Sending the Mackems home in tears couldn't have asked for a better day . would have been nice to see it.