7th February 1987

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Boro 1 Bristol Rovers 0

Paul Kerr, our 1st cash signing after liquidation which was £50k, made his league home debut this afternoon wearing the No9 shirt & his 3rd game for the mighty Boro, which included an FAC debut in our home defeat to Preston, a 3-0 win at Bury the week previous & this day

If it was a good day for Paul Kerr it certainly wasn't for Brian Laws, with the game goalless Boro were awarded a penalty at the holgate end, Lawsy got tge ball & placed it on tge spot, took the penalty & put the ball wide of the goal & at that moment went down clutching his knee, after medical attention in the Bristol goalmouth Brian Laws was taken from the field & replaced with sub Alan Kernaghan, Lawsy was to play no part in the remainder of our 3rd division campaigne

The Boro were finding it hard to break down Rovers stubborn defence until Colin Cooper chased a lost cause & put the ball across for Stuart Ripley to score the only goal of the game & 3 points in the bag which was 3 wins on the bounce for the Boro

Bruce's team

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

Sub
Alan Kernaghan