Boro flashback on this day 22nd November 1986

[erimus74]

Newport County 0 Boro 1

The face of advercity bandwagon is rolling on brilliantly & gathering pace

Up to the Newport game, we had played 16 league games & suffered just 2 defeats, one at home to Blackpool & one away to Notts County, along with 4 league cup matches & one defeat, which was away to Birmingham in extra time, a team in a higher league

This from the same 12 players who had no friendlies or summer practise matches, just training in local parks with jumpers as goal posts

The season was turning out far better than the most optimistic of us Boro fans could have dreamed of

Bruce couldn't ask for any more from his players

Onto the Newport game & with the clock ticking down to the 90 minute mark, our 1st ever visit to Somerton Park was looking as it was going to finish goalless, with the points shared, but, the mighty Boro & Boro legend, Mogga, had other ideas

Boro won a corner & with practically the last kick of the match Stuart Ripley floated a corner in to the Newport penalty box, our iconic captain 'Tony Mowbray' rose the highest to head the ball in the net & score the vital winner, goooaaaaalllllll

Within seconds the ref blows the final whistle, full time, the mighty Boro take all three points & our 6th away win of the season, the Boro fans, with a 5 hour journey, 300 miles back to Teesside to look forward to, are ecstatic

Brucy Riochs red & white army team is

Stephen Pears
Brian Laws
Colin Cooper
Tony Mowbray
Gary Parkinson
Gary Pallister
Bernie Slaven
Archie Stephens
Alan Kernaghan
Gary Gill
Stuart Ripley

SUB
Gary Hamilton - Replaced Alan Kernaghan in the 2nd half

To the fans who were old enough to remember those days, we were lucky


UTMB

[teamboro]

Another well written piece Erimus as usual 

[erimus74]

Another well written piece Erimus as usual 

Cheers teamboro

[erimus74]

[Gboro64]

I was at this game. I remember going with the supporters club. Drew's coaches if I remember rightly. Remember seeing Somerton park in the distance and thinking how on earth we'd nearly gone bust and a ground like this was staging level 3 football.
Was a great day out though.
Good write up Erimus

[erimus74]

I was at this game. I remember going with the supporters club. Drew's coaches if I remember rightly. Remember seeing Somerton park in the distance and thinking how on earth we'd nearly gone bust and a ground like this was staging level 3 football.
Was a great day out though.
Good write up Erimus

Gboro64 👍