16th April 1983

[erimus74]

Boro travelled to Grimsby Town a team we hadn't faced at their place since April 1967 & a ground we haven't won at since 1962

Struggling at the wrong end of the 2nd division (championship) & no away win since the 28th December 1982 when the mighty Boro took all points at Carlisle, the upcoming Grimsby fixture was going to be a tall order indeed

Typical Boro, as me dad use to say, never back em & never back against em, turned the away formbook on its head, we came away with a fantatsic 3-0 win, goals from Paul Sugrue his 3rd & final goal of the season, Gary Hamilton his 1st ever Boro goal & iconic, talisman Heine Otto, with his 7th of the season, the result gave us a bit of breathing space, easing our fight against relegation

Big Mals team

Kelham O'Hanlon
Irving Nattrass
Gary Hamilton - Gary's 3rd start
Mick Baxter
Tony Mowbray
Heine Otto - Ever present, 6th different shirt number. No's 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 12
Paul Sugrue
Darren Wood - 5th different shirt number that season. No's 3, 5, 6, 7 & 9
Dave Shearer - 6th different shirt number. No's 2, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11
Mick Kennedy - 6th different shirt number. No's 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 & 10
Stephen Bell - Ever present

Big Mal, who was a cracking manager for us, certainly did like to share the shirt numbers around

[Francks left peg]

Dave Shearer, any reaction to Alan?