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MIDDLESBROUGH 1991-92

SECOND DIVISION RUNNERS-UP

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
By Neil Fissler

BERNIE SLAVEN says he didn’t have a dull moment in his eight seasons with Middlesbrough, which brought four promotions, relegations, cup semifinals and finals.
The Republic of Ireland international was signed for a bargain £25,000 but, within a year, the club were fighting liquidation after being locked out of Ayresome Park.
But two successive promotions saw them rise into the First Division, even though they were relegated in their first year.
Slaven believes it was the dark days that laid the foundations for ...

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