This day the 11th November 1899 - Debutant Joseph Murphy made history twice

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Becoming the 1st Boro player to score our 1st ever league hat trick & long before Ravenelli, he became the 1st Boro player to score a treble on his debut

The mighty Boro in our debut football league season thrashed Burton Swift 8-1 at Linthorpe road (The record 8-1 home win lasted until the 2nd March 1901 when we beat Gainsborough Trinity 9-2) for our third win as a league club from 6 home games
 
Charles Pugh & George Reid, debut, scored a brace each, they became the 2nd & 3rd players to score a brace each for the Boro up to that point, Geoff Longstaff also got on the scoresheet

The 3 debutants that day:-
Ernest Clark registered No25
George Reid registered No26
Joseph Murphy registered No27

John Robsons team, after losing the first 3 games, without an away win that season & only 2 wins up to the thrashing of Burton Swifts finished in 14th place, 6 points (2 points a win back then) above second bottom Luton Town