Blast from the past - big Mal, I loved his time at the Boro

[erimus74]

Following his pledge that he'll never return to league management a very good friend of Malcolm Allison, our director/chairman at the time McCulloch, changed big Mal's mind to return to football & with it, a 2 year contract was agreed & signed
For me, big Mal doesn't get enough credit for what he did in his time at the Boro, he kept us in the division with such a small squad, he worked miracles to get us over the line

[Johnny Thunder]

How dare you start a footy thread.






 

[Nosmo-King]

Character he was! And got a tune out of Irving Nattress( class player but always crocked) and Kevin Beattie - same applied to him. Two very, very good footballers.

[erimus74]

How dare you start a footy thread.






 

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[Ayton Mews]

How dare you start a footy thread.






 

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[erimus74]

Character he was! And got a tune out of Irving Nattress( class player but always crocked) and Kevin Beattie - same applied to him. Two very, very good footballers.

So true on both players Nosmo-King, Beattie was a class player who proved it even with one good leg & Irving Natrass even played every minute in every season of 1983/84 after big Mals time mind

[erimus74]

How dare you start a footy thread.






 

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You can borrow it AM when you pop OTR, 😏👍

[TerryCochranesSocks]

I was lucky enough to work behind the bar of The Duke of Wellington pub in Welbury over a three year period when I was home for holidays from uni. It was owned and run by John and Betty Salton (God rest their souls) and their daughter Lynn was Big Mal's partner.
I used to get a half hour chat with Mal when I had to open up for them on Saturday and Sunday evenings. I'd pour him a whisky and he'd light up a big cigar and we'd chat about the Boro and his time there and at Man City and Palace. He was a wonderful teller of stories and a very kind and generous fella. He made a point of talking about what I was doing and what my life was like in Manchester. We talked about the area around Platt Lane (the old City training ground) where I was living at the time.
They were great days and I have very happy memories of those chats and of the entertainment and colour he brought to a  North Yorks village pub full of farmers.

R.I.P Big Mal

[Johnny Thunder]

I was just about to post that he had a taste for a cigar.



 

[Nosmo-King]

I was just about to post that he had a taste for a cigar.



 

And women!!!! Must have had a football team or two...

[Nosmo-King]

I was just about to post that he had a taste for a cigar.



 

And women!!!! Must have had a football team or two...

There was that "lady" Fiona Richmond. From Men Only amo got others. She wasn't east you would call a looker. Believe she was in the team bath at Palace with Big Mal.

[Nosmo-King]

I was just about to post that he had a taste for a cigar.



 

And women!!!! Must have had a football team or two...

There was that "lady" Fiona Richmond. From Men Only amongst others. She wasn't east you would call a looker. Believe she was in the team bath at Palace with Big Mal.

[TeessideTopgun]

Character he was! And got a tune out of Irving Nattress( class player but always crocked) and Kevin Beattie - same applied to him. Two very, very good footballers.

So true on both players Nosmo-King, Beattie was a class player who proved it even with one good leg & Irving Natrass even played every minute in every season of 1983/84 after big Mals time mind

Same surgeon that "did" Beattie's  knee did mine too 😱

[TeessideTopgun]

Character he was! And got a tune out of Irving Nattress( class player but always crocked) and Kevin Beattie - same applied to him. Two very, very good footballers.

So true on both players Nosmo-King, Beattie was a class player who proved it even with one good leg & Irving Natrass even played every minute in every season of 1983/84 after big Mals time mind

Same surgeon that "did" Beattie's  knee did mine too 😱

And I still can't walk properly 😂😂

[Nosmo-King]

Character he was! And got a tune out of Irving Nattress( class player but always crocked) and Kevin Beattie - same applied to him. Two very, very good footballers.

So true on both players Nosmo-King, Beattie was a class player who proved it even with one good leg & Irving Natrass even played every minute in every season of 1983/84 after big Mals time mind

Same surgeon that "did" Beattie's  knee did mine too 😱

And I still can't walk properly 😂😂

The sting is in the tail, TT! DID AMUSE ME!

[In With the Lurpak]

Losing £12,000 a week 42 years ago, Lot of money back then no wonder bankruptcy followed 4 years later with £2 Million debts .

To think some players are paid a £million a game these days if not more.

[erimus74]

Losing £12,000 a week 42 years ago, Lot of money back then no wonder bankruptcy followed 4 years later with £2 Million debts .

To think some players are paid a £million a game these days if not more.

Thats so true Lurpak, I have the exact write up in a copy of the sports gazette I have

[erimus74]

Character he was! And got a tune out of Irving Nattress( class player but always crocked) and Kevin Beattie - same applied to him. Two very, very good footballers.

Funny you mentioned Natrass Nosmo-King as looking through a scrapbook of mine he a wrote regarding his admiration for big Mal

[erimus74]

And from Paul Sugrue

[Nosmo-King]

Nattrass - when fit - was a class above what he had in those days.

IF his career hadn't been so injury prone he could conceivably got near an England cap. Seriously!!

[markmywords]

Most memorable game under his reign has got to be the cup game v Arsenal.

[erimus74]

Most memorable game under his reign has got to be the cup game v Arsenal.

Up there with the best for me

[markmywords]

Most memorable game under his reign has got to be the cup game v Arsenal.

Up there with the best for me

Sugrue on fire that game. Fairly short career at Boro. My favourite player at the time.

[erimus74]

Most memorable game under his reign has got to be the cup game v Arsenal.

Up there with the best for me

Sugrue on fire that game. Fairly short career at Boro. My favourite player at the time.

After his MOTM performance against Arsenal in round 3 he scored a brace v Bournemouth in a 2-0 home win in round 4 which should, in his words, been an FAC hat trick
Loved his time here, it was his birthday yesterday

[erimus74]

Good times under big Mal & none more so than one of the famous games which @markmywords mentioned when Mick Baxter headed the winning goal in our excellent 3-2 third round FAC win over Arsenal