16th February 1974 - Mother of all seasons

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Boro battered the tigers 3-1 at their place

Normal service was resumed with goals from John Hickton, his 5th of the season, David Mills,7th of the season & Alan Foggon with 11th of the season

Following our longest winless run under big Jack, we had gone 3 games without a win, 2 league games Nottm Forest away losing 5-1 & Blackpool at home drawing 0-0 & knocked out of the FAC 1-0 at Wrexham, we needed to stop the rot & the Boro did that in fine style with a convincing away win & the start of 9 consecutive wins

This game also seen Bill Gates play his final game for the Boro, wearing the No12 shirt he replaced replaced Willie Maddren late in the 2nd half

Registered No421 when Bob Dennison handed Bill the No5 shirt for his debut on the 27th September 1961 away to Luton in a 3-2 defeat, Bill went on to play 328 games, scoring 12 goals

Big Jacks team.

Jim Platt
John Craggs
Frank Spraggon
Graeme Souness
Stuey Boam
Willie Maddren - Bill Gates
Peter Brine
David Mills
John Hickton
Alan Foggon
David Armstrong