2nd January 1984 - Boro 2 Chelsea 1

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Happy new year Red Roar posters

Chelsea, managed by former Boro manager John Neal, arrived at Ayresome Park for a 2nd division fixture, 2 days after we'd been battered at Leeds on the final day of 1983, losing 4-1 with Dave Currie scoring our consolation goal, but hopefully, fingers crossed, we can put everything behind us, start afresh with a home win & our 1st win since 26th November 1983

An attendance of 11,612 seen goals from Gary Hamilton, his 2nd of the season & Dave Currie, his 12th goal of the season, cracking goalscoring form, recording a 2-1 win over former Boro manager John Neals team, keeping all points on Teesside, as big Mal was waved his magic wand & steered us away from the relegation trap door

I have so much admiration for big Mal for his time at the Boro

Big Mals team

Kelham O'Hanlon
Darren Wood - Ever present
Tony Mowbray
Heine Otto
Mick Baxter - Missed the final home game of the season, he was sold to Portsmouth during the summer, one game short of playing every minute of the entire season, including cups
Irving Nattrass - Ever present, the only time in his Boro career, maybe his entire career, every single minute of every game, including cup games
Paul Ward - Wore 6 different shirt numbers that season 3, 4, 7, 8, 11 & 12
Gary Hamilton - Wore 11 different shirt numbers that season 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 14
Gary Macdonald
Paul Sugrue
Dave Currie