This day 1903 - Joe Blackett scored Boro's 1st ever penalty

[erimus74]

At Ayresome Park

Aston Villa were our visitors in a division one fixture, when Blacket converted the penalty he became our 5th different penalty goalscorer & our 7th penalty scored in total since becoming a league club, Boro won the game 2-1

It was our 6th home game in our new home & to date & after losing the opening open day fixture to Sunderland, we have now won 5 on the bounce, scoring 19, conceading 6

Joe Cassidy, who is credited with scoring the 1st goal at Ayresome Park, scored Boro's 1st goal, with Joe Blackett scoring the winner from the spot, attendance of 20,000 at the game

Joe Blackett went on to play 84 games, scoring 4 goals, all penalties

[Northallerton_Boro]

Few on here where probably there