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Player Valuation: £70m
Plus the Gareth Farrelly miracle match, but wasn't there another stress ulcer inducing season little is spoken of?
This was a season even I (forever the optimist) had nightmares about. So much so, I can't remember when it was.
I think Walter was in charge, can't be certain, and it was so dire I have largely deleted it from my memory banks, or, it was all a very bad dream.
We were near the foot of the table and Boro, managed by Bryan Robson, failed to show for a mid-week match at Blackburn stating a number of his players had flu. As he had not informed the FA to receive permission to cancel, Boro had a points deduction. That saved us.
Is it me, or can anyone else enlighten me.
The season Boro had the points deduction was 96:97. We finished 15th under Dave Watson after Royle had been sacked. Was a slog of a season but we were never really deep in the relegation mix.