49 years ago today - Who was there

[erimus74]

We hadnt played Leeds in a top flight game since Christmas day 1946 when both teams fought out a 3-3 draw

Leeds United legend big Jack took his champions & returned to the ground he had played his entire professional career at, great memories, winning major honours & I think, he holds the most appearence in their history, the game billed as the Champions v the Champions

Thousands of Boro fans were littered around the ground, with many locked outside
The game kick off at a frantic pace with Boro falling two goals behind

Stuey Boam pulled one back, Leeds 2 Boro 1 & this is how it stayed as the teams left the field at HT
Malcolm Smith brought the game level in the 2nd half when scoring a beauty, the Boro fans went balistic

Jack must have been a very proud man, taking his team, the mighty Boro to Elland Road to play champions Leeds on a level playing field

Back then Boro wernt just making up the numbers in the 1st division but to make an impact

Big Jacks team

In my time - All my opinion below

Jim Platt - Favourite & best Boro keeper
John Craggs - Best ever Boro right back
Frank Spraggon- Our 1st FAC sub
Graeme Souness - Best ever all round Boro player, Stan Andersons final signing
Stuey Boam - Favourite & best Boro captain
Willie Maddren - Right up there with Souness, unbelievable player, whatever position, Stuey Boam once said at a former playets reunion, if Willie Maddren played in goal he would be tbe best
Bobby Murdoch - Awesome signing - Final piece of the jigsaw for big Jack
Malcolm Smith - Scored brace on his 2nd game, full debut v Sunderland Aug 1972
John Hickton - Mr Middlesbrough, enough said
Alan Foggon - Stan Andersons penultimate signing
David Armstrong - Unbelievable Mr Consistency, like the late, great Willie Maddren, should have represented England many, many times
Sub
Alan Willey - Future American legend

[Wee_Willie]

1974 .. I think I was too young to go ...

I was in the Holgate for the return game that season

[tunstall]

Looks like a couple of bumper attendances there like....

Some great goals as well

[markmywords]

I was there. Went with mate from school and his parents. We travelled by car and then had to get a local bus to the ground. The atmosphere was very intimidating around the ground and getting to the ground. Don't remember much of the game other than going 2 down and Malcolm Smith's leveller. Was a good season to follow the team. Went to quite a few of the away games and all home games.

[John Trebor]

We hadnt played Leeds in a top flight game since Christmas day 1946 when both teams fought out a 3-3 draw

Leeds United legend big Jack took his champions & returned to the ground he had played his entire professional career at, great memories, winning major honours & I think, he holds the most appearence in their history, the game billed as the Champions v the Champions

Thousands of Boro fans were littered around the ground, with many locked outside
The game kick off at a frantic pace with Boro falling two goals behind

Stuey Boam pulled one back, Leeds 2 Boro 1 & this is how it stayed as the teams left the field at HT
Malcolm Smith brought the game level in the 2nd half when scoring a beauty, the Boro fans went balistic

Jack must have been a very proud man, taking his team, the mighty Boro to Elland Road to play champions Leeds on a level playing field

Back then Boro wernt just making up the numbers in the 1st division but to make an impact

Big Jacks team

In my time - All my opinion below

Jim Platt - Favourite & best Boro keeper
John Craggs - Best ever Boro right back
Frank Spraggon- Our 1st FAC sub
Graeme Souness - Best ever all round Boro player, Stan Andersons final signing
Stuey Boam - Favourite & best Boro captain
Willie Maddren - Right up there with Souness, unbelievable player, whatever position, Stuey Boam once said at a former playets reunion, if Willie Maddren played in goal he would be tbe best
Bobby Murdoch - Awesome signing - Final piece of the jigsaw for big Jack
Malcolm Smith - Scored brace on his 2nd game, full debut v Sunderland Aug 1972
John Hickton - Mr Middlesbrough, enough said
Alan Foggon - Stan Andersons penultimate signing
David Armstrong - Unbelievable Mr Consistency, like the late, great Willie Maddren, should have represented England many, many times
Sub
Alan Willey - Future American legend

Poor Spraggon, amongst all those greats and the biggest accolade he gets is "1st FAC sub".
The unsung hero in a team of legends.

[erimus74]

We hadnt played Leeds in a top flight game since Christmas day 1946 when both teams fought out a 3-3 draw

Leeds United legend big Jack took his champions & returned to the ground he had played his entire professional career at, great memories, winning major honours & I think, he holds the most appearence in their history, the game billed as the Champions v the Champions

Thousands of Boro fans were littered around the ground, with many locked outside
The game kick off at a frantic pace with Boro falling two goals behind

Stuey Boam pulled one back, Leeds 2 Boro 1 & this is how it stayed as the teams left the field at HT
Malcolm Smith brought the game level in the 2nd half when scoring a beauty, the Boro fans went balistic

Jack must have been a very proud man, taking his team, the mighty Boro to Elland Road to play champions Leeds on a level playing field

Back then Boro wernt just making up the numbers in the 1st division but to make an impact

Big Jacks team

In my time - All my opinion below

Jim Platt - Favourite & best Boro keeper
John Craggs - Best ever Boro right back
Frank Spraggon- Our 1st FAC sub
Graeme Souness - Best ever all round Boro player, Stan Andersons final signing
Stuey Boam - Favourite & best Boro captain
Willie Maddren - Right up there with Souness, unbelievable player, whatever position, Stuey Boam once said at a former playets reunion, if Willie Maddren played in goal he would be tbe best
Bobby Murdoch - Awesome signing - Final piece of the jigsaw for big Jack
Malcolm Smith - Scored brace on his 2nd game, full debut v Sunderland Aug 1972
John Hickton - Mr Middlesbrough, enough said
Alan Foggon - Stan Andersons penultimate signing
David Armstrong - Unbelievable Mr Consistency, like the late, great Willie Maddren, should have represented England many, many times
Sub
Alan Willey - Future American legend

Poor Spraggon, amongst all those greats and the biggest accolade he gets is "1st FAC sub".
The unsung hero in a team of legends.

Yea I should have worded Franks Boro accolades a bit better mind, cracking Boro servant 😔

[John Trebor]

We hadnt played Leeds in a top flight game since Christmas day 1946 when both teams fought out a 3-3 draw

Leeds United legend big Jack took his champions & returned to the ground he had played his entire professional career at, great memories, winning major honours & I think, he holds the most appearence in their history, the game billed as the Champions v the Champions

Thousands of Boro fans were littered around the ground, with many locked outside
The game kick off at a frantic pace with Boro falling two goals behind

Stuey Boam pulled one back, Leeds 2 Boro 1 & this is how it stayed as the teams left the field at HT
Malcolm Smith brought the game level in the 2nd half when scoring a beauty, the Boro fans went balistic

Jack must have been a very proud man, taking his team, the mighty Boro to Elland Road to play champions Leeds on a level playing field

Back then Boro wernt just making up the numbers in the 1st division but to make an impact

Big Jacks team

In my time - All my opinion below

Jim Platt - Favourite & best Boro keeper
John Craggs - Best ever Boro right back
Frank Spraggon- Our 1st FAC sub
Graeme Souness - Best ever all round Boro player, Stan Andersons final signing
Stuey Boam - Favourite & best Boro captain
Willie Maddren - Right up there with Souness, unbelievable player, whatever position, Stuey Boam once said at a former playets reunion, if Willie Maddren played in goal he would be tbe best
Bobby Murdoch - Awesome signing - Final piece of the jigsaw for big Jack
Malcolm Smith - Scored brace on his 2nd game, full debut v Sunderland Aug 1972
John Hickton - Mr Middlesbrough, enough said
Alan Foggon - Stan Andersons penultimate signing
David Armstrong - Unbelievable Mr Consistency, like the late, great Willie Maddren, should have represented England many, many times
Sub
Alan Willey - Future American legend

Poor Spraggon, amongst all those greats and the biggest accolade he gets is "1st FAC sub".
The unsung hero in a team of legends.

Yea I should have worded Franks Boro accolades a bit better mind, cracking Boro servant 😔

Was he the longest serving player in that team? He must have been, he'd been there since the early 60s.
He saw it all - relegation to the 3rd, promotion back to the 2nd and then up to the 1st.
Played under Raich Carter, Stan Anderson, Harold Sheperdson (his father-in-law) & Big Jack.

[tunstall]

Over 45,000 at Elland Road....

[AtomicDog]

We hadnt played Leeds in a top flight game since Christmas day 1946 when both teams fought out a 3-3 draw

Leeds United legend big Jack took his champions & returned to the ground he had played his entire professional career at, great memories, winning major honours & I think, he holds the most appearence in their history, the game billed as the Champions v the Champions

Thousands of Boro fans were littered around the ground, with many locked outside
The game kick off at a frantic pace with Boro falling two goals behind

Stuey Boam pulled one back, Leeds 2 Boro 1 & this is how it stayed as the teams left the field at HT
Malcolm Smith brought the game level in the 2nd half when scoring a beauty, the Boro fans went balistic

Jack must have been a very proud man, taking his team, the mighty Boro to Elland Road to play champions Leeds on a level playing field

Back then Boro wernt just making up the numbers in the 1st division but to make an impact

Big Jacks team

In my time - All my opinion below

Jim Platt - Favourite & best Boro keeper
John Craggs - Best ever Boro right back
Frank Spraggon- Our 1st FAC sub
Graeme Souness - Best ever all round Boro player, Stan Andersons final signing
Stuey Boam - Favourite & best Boro captain
Willie Maddren - Right up there with Souness, unbelievable player, whatever position, Stuey Boam once said at a former playets reunion, if Willie Maddren played in goal he would be tbe best
Bobby Murdoch - Awesome signing - Final piece of the jigsaw for big Jack
Malcolm Smith - Scored brace on his 2nd game, full debut v Sunderland Aug 1972
John Hickton - Mr Middlesbrough, enough said
Alan Foggon - Stan Andersons penultimate signing
David Armstrong - Unbelievable Mr Consistency, like the late, great Willie Maddren, should have represented England many, many times
Sub
Alan Willey - Future American legend

Poor Spraggon, amongst all those greats and the biggest accolade he gets is "1st FAC sub".
The unsung hero in a team of legends.

Yea I should have worded Franks Boro accolades a bit better mind, cracking Boro servant 😔

Yes, you should have Mr Erimus . . .


You're not very good at this are you . . . And why don't you ever post updates on when we're getting the Don Revie statue?
 His from Middlesbrough too you know, use to live on Bell St.
The 'Voice of the fan's' is always running updates on it.

Maybe that's why he's the voice of the fan's eh, maybe you should have a think about that!!

[erimus74]

We hadnt played Leeds in a top flight game since Christmas day 1946 when both teams fought out a 3-3 draw

Leeds United legend big Jack took his champions & returned to the ground he had played his entire professional career at, great memories, winning major honours & I think, he holds the most appearence in their history, the game billed as the Champions v the Champions

Thousands of Boro fans were littered around the ground, with many locked outside
The game kick off at a frantic pace with Boro falling two goals behind

Stuey Boam pulled one back, Leeds 2 Boro 1 & this is how it stayed as the teams left the field at HT
Malcolm Smith brought the game level in the 2nd half when scoring a beauty, the Boro fans went balistic

Jack must have been a very proud man, taking his team, the mighty Boro to Elland Road to play champions Leeds on a level playing field

Back then Boro wernt just making up the numbers in the 1st division but to make an impact

Big Jacks team

In my time - All my opinion below

Jim Platt - Favourite & best Boro keeper
John Craggs - Best ever Boro right back
Frank Spraggon- Our 1st FAC sub
Graeme Souness - Best ever all round Boro player, Stan Andersons final signing
Stuey Boam - Favourite & best Boro captain
Willie Maddren - Right up there with Souness, unbelievable player, whatever position, Stuey Boam once said at a former playets reunion, if Willie Maddren played in goal he would be tbe best
Bobby Murdoch - Awesome signing - Final piece of the jigsaw for big Jack
Malcolm Smith - Scored brace on his 2nd game, full debut v Sunderland Aug 1972
John Hickton - Mr Middlesbrough, enough said
Alan Foggon - Stan Andersons penultimate signing
David Armstrong - Unbelievable Mr Consistency, like the late, great Willie Maddren, should have represented England many, many times
Sub
Alan Willey - Future American legend

Poor Spraggon, amongst all those greats and the biggest accolade he gets is "1st FAC sub".
The unsung hero in a team of legends.

Yea I should have worded Franks Boro accolades a bit better mind, cracking Boro servant 😔

Yes, you should have Mr Erimus . . .


You're not very good at this are you . . . And why don't you ever post updates on when we're getting the Don Revie statue?
 His from Middlesbrough too you know, use to live on Bell St.
The 'Voice of the fan's' is always running updates on it.

Maybe that's why he's the voice of the fan's eh, maybe you should have a think about that!!

Point taken Atomic, 😳😔

[AtomicDog]

If only I meant it 

UTMB
Erimus
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[Nosmo-King]

I was there! I think the stand we were in was being redeveloped and there were hundreds of Boro fans in the home end( Gelderd). I recall them being marched towards our end that was already packed to the rafters.

Needed your wits about you travelling there - no place for the faint hearted for sure!

[Blott]

I was there with my brother, we were in the Leeds end with I can't guess how many Boro fans. We just ran passed the Boro end due to the queues.

I would have got the score wrong, but that's age for you.

It was utter mayhem, Fatty Fergo was like a one man assault team, he saved a lot of lads getting a good hiding. It was standing and he opened a circle space they tried that hard to get away from him. I was no hero but we stayed throughout the game I supposed at 15 you don't give a shit.


Don't forget they were the good times, what a load of bollax.