10th March 1973 - Boro 2 Cardiff City 0

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Peter Brine one of the 73-74 legends team, scored his 1st Boro 1st team goal

Peter Brine, who was making his 7th first team appearance for the Boro, including 3 starts, scored the opening goal in a 2-0 win over Cardiff City at Ayresome Park, Alan Foggon, who we signed  from Cardiff City in October for £10k, doubled our lead when recording his 3rd Boro career goal to date

Temporary Manager Harold Shepherdson, standing in after Stan Anderson had resigned, had yet to taste defeat with 2 wins & 2 draws from 4 games named the following team.

Jim Platt
John Craggs
Frank Spraggon
Nobby Stiles
Stuey Boam
Willie Maddren
Bill Gates
Peter Brine
Malcolm Smith.
Alan Foggon
Graeme Souness
Attendance  - 7,686