Cult Classic: Michael Love
As the great Boro’ side of the mid-1990s broke apart, we needed new talismen for a new era – and Michael Love was one of them. The left-sided lad from Stockport took up a heavy baton; cementing his place in the club’s folklore at the…
Cult Classic: John Mousinho
Let’s talk iconic Boro’ goals for a second. Joel Byrom? Yep. Giuliano Grazioli? Very probably. John Mousinho? You’d have to think so. But this alone doesn’t instantly make a cult classic. Don’t get us wrong – landmark goals do a lot to keep someone fresh…
Cult Classic: Giuliano Grazioli
There weren’t many highlights during our 1997-8 campaign. Boro’ had now entered a period of transition after a sustained run of success. The team that won the 1995-6 Conference title and gone close to retaining it in 1996-7 had now largely broken apart. Gone were…
Cult Classic: Darius Charles
In Boro’s Football League years, Darius Charles – the original defensive centre-forward – is very much a cult classic candidate. The only question we have is of ourselves; trying to work out how we hadn’t got to this celebration of Big D before. The modern…
Cult Classic: Andy Hughes
Now, this is a Cult Classic piece we’ve wanted to write for ages. We just needed more time to do our research on Andy Hughes. In many ways, we still haven’t done that. But we certainly know a lot more now than we did. And…
Cult Classic: Jose Whishaw
It’s not often you find a one-club man these days. Even our highest appearance makers, Ronnie Henry and Mark Smith, turned out for other clubs in their time. But, in a parallel universe, Jose Whishaw is a genuine one club man. Such was his affinity…
Cult Classic: Luke Freeman
When a loan deal is turned into a permanent one, that lad must be doing something right. Luke Freeman is a good case in point. After all, one of the joys of bringing someone in on loan is that you can send them back. Sometimes,…
Robin Trott
As far as we know, only two lads are now forever immortalised in the name of a Boro’ fanzine: Martin Gittings and Robin Trott. Now, you surely don’t need us to go into the very obvious reasons why our record scorer had the honour of…
Dave Venables
For our rise up the leagues during the early 1990s, some names may stand out more than most – and Dave Venables is one of them. Well, he is for us at least. And it’s no mean feat when you think about the fantastic attacking…
Steve Guppy
You can’t always be sure what you’ll get if you sign a veteran pro. But, if they could all turn out like Steve Guppy, we won’t complain. You see, some elder statesmen of the game can turn up down the pyramid for one last hurrah…
