"TODAY IN HISTORY" A look back at what was happening on this date in various bygone years.

1879 - 1939

February 2nd                 1929
A crowd of 3,700 were present to see Boro beat York City Reserves 1-0 in the semi-final of the North Riding Senior Cup.  The goal was scored by Gibbs and booked a clash with Whitby United.
 
February 3rd                 1923
Ocky Johnson netted twice as Boro beat Scarborough Juniors 5-0 in the Scarborough Hospital Cup.  Other scorers, in this not so glamorous win, were Davidson, Coulson and Burnard.
 
February 4th                  1928
Staveley Town were hammered 7-0 in the Midland League, with the goals scored by Allison (2), Lovatt (3), Jukes and player-coach McGraham.  It was Boro's 4th successive home game, these having produced 3 wins and a draw.
 
February 5th                  1938
Agar scored twice in the 3-0 win over Bradford City Reserves to take his tally for the season to 14.  The other goal for Boro was scored by Beckett.
 
February 6th                  1909
Boro achieved their best Northern League win of the season when crushing West Auckland 5-0.  Ocky Johnson hit two with his brother Frank, Francis and Allan, with a penalty, completing the scoring.
 
February 7th                  1914
In the replay of the Bradford Charity Cup 2nd Round tie, Boro removed Mirfield United from the competition 3-1.  Ocky Johnson scored Boro's first, with two from George Blades ensuring victory.
 
February 8th                  1936
Albert Smithson took his goals haul in the Midland League to 20 for the season by hitting 4 against Chesterfield Reserves in a 5-3 win for Boro.  This success came after 3 home games without a win and also began a run of 7 unbeaten.

1945 - 1968

February 2nd                 1952
Hull City Reserves were beaten 5-2 in the Midland League with a crowd of 4,000 at the game.  Boro's goals came from Jimmy Johnson (2), Ralph Pickard, Ron Hepworth (penalty) and Jack Gambles.  It was the team's only win in 7 games played between the start of January and mid-March.
 
February 3rd                 1962
Johnny Powell's winner against South Bank booked a semi-final berth for Boro in the North Riding Senior Cup.  The 1-0 win meant Eddie Brown's team would face Middlesbrough Reserves in the penultimate stage of the competition.
 
February 4th                  1956
In a match attended by 1,900 fans, Boro walloped Grantham 9-1.  Jim French scored 4 goals and Charlie Ware hit a hat-trick in this one-sided affair.  Alan Parkinson and Graham Wood chipped in with a goal each as Boro won a third successive game, scoring 21 goals against 6 in the process.
 
February 5th                  1966
There were 5 Boro scorers in the win 5-1 drubbing of Sutton Town in the Midland League.  Geoff Bowman, Bob Entwistle, Jimmy Weir, Barry Dunn and Owen Laffey were the quintet who found the net.
 
February 6th                  1954
Ellis Stafford got the goal which beat Bradford City Reserves 1-0 and gave Boro a 2nd unbeaten at home in a run which stretched to 7 matches.  A crowd of 2,000 attended the game.
 
February 7th                  1953
Boro fought out a third successive home draw in the Midland League.  The game with Grantham ended 2-2, the Boro scorers being Ken Bower and Arthur Farrell (penalty).  The next 3 home matches were all won.
 
February 8th                  1964
Boro beat Whitby Town 3-1 in the 1st Round of the North Riding Senior Cup.  Derek Boyes, Alan Franks and Barry Dunn scored.  Next up, in the semi-final, would be South Bank.

1968 - 1986

February 2nd                 1985
Drawn away in the F.A. Trophy for the 13th time in 15 games, Boro lost 0-1 at Runcorn.
 
February 3rd                 1973
In what proved to be another rehearsal for the F.A. Trophy Final later in the season, Boro followed their draw 7 days earlier at Springfield Park with a 3-0 success against Wigan Athletic.  Pleasing the majority of the 1,641 spectators were Gerry Donoghue, Jeff Barmby and Jimmy Shoulder (penalty).
 
February 4th                  1976
Two goals from Jeff Barmby and one from Tony Aveyard helped Boro see off the challenge of Goole Town 3-1 in an F.A. Trophy Round 2 replay watched by 2,916.  Boro would now face Dagenham in the 3rd Round.
 
February 5th                  1983
In another good day in the Trophy, Boro won 3-1 at Stalybridge Celtic, with John Steeples scoring twice and Dick Dawson once.  The 2nd Round match was marred by crowd trouble, for which Bower Fold was not generally known.
 
February 6th                  1982
Playing in only his second game since the end of November, Pat Olney scored the only goal in Boro's 1-0 win at St. Albans City in the 2nd Round of the F.A. Trophy.
 
February 7th                  1970
Boro recovered from their surprise F.A. Trophy exit earlier in the week to beat Morecambe 1-0 in the Northern Premier League.  Graham Potter scored the game's only goal.
 
February 8th                  1984
In the Bob Lord Trophy, Round 3, 1st leg, Boro beat Frickley Athletic 1-0 thanks to Trenton Wiggan's goal.  The game provided a first senior appearance of the campaign for Graham Hartley, who became a regular in the side for the rest of the season.

1986 - 2007

February 2nd                 2007
Boro won 1-0 at Harrogate Town to take the North Yorkshire Conference North bragging rights.  The crucial goal was scored by Chris Thompson.
 
February 3rd                 2004
Many fans left the McCain Stadium disappointed that Boro had only managed a 3-3 draw with visitors Hereford United.  The quality of Boro's performance was perhaps viewed in a different light before the end of the month, however, as Hereford won 9-0 at Dagenham & Redbridge on the 27th.
 
February 4th                  2005
The Boro website reported that copies of the Boro A-Z had sold so well that it was going to reprint in order to cover demand for this excellent review of Boro history.
 
February 5th                  1994
Watched by the biggest home crowd since the visit of Doncaster Rovers back in early November, Boro beat Walsall 1-0, with Darren Davis scoring the key goal.
 
February 6th                  1993
Kyle Lightbourne opened the scoring as Boro beat Hereford United 2-0 in front of a crowd of 1,487.  The other scorer was Tommy Mooney, who thus set the Boro record of scoring in five successive Football League games.  It was the first time in 11 years any Boro player in any competition had scored in 5 games running, the feat having last been achieved by Colin Williams in 1982.
 
February 7th                  2006
The editor of the 'Boro Review', Derek Megginson reached another birthday, claiming to be 28 for the second time.  All the best, Derek!
 
February 8th                  1997
With Gary Bennett returning after a 2-match absence, Boro achieved their best win of the season when goals from David Currie (3) and Michael McElhatton helped the Seadogs overrun 3rd Division visitors Darlington 4-1.

Two of the most significant seasons in Boro's history were 1986-87 (winning the championship of the GM Vauxhall Conference) and 1987-88 (the first season in the Football League). Find out more about these seasons by clicking the Seadogs Fans link below: