In his fourth season as manager Bob Dennison took off Boro to the 7th place nine points below promotion to Division One.

Forward Brian Clough repeated another great performance with 41 goals scored −40 in Division Two just 3 below topscorer T.Johnston (Leyton Orient/Blackburn Rovers)- forming a brilliant partnership with Alan Peacock now in his first season as starter.

[2] As central midfielders, Harris and Burbeck completed a decent campaign, on the contrary the defensive line was chaotic -even with the arrival of central back Brian Phillips- allowing a lot of goals against both Goalkeepers Taylor and Million.

[3] Also, the squad reached the FA Cup fourth round being eliminated by Stoke City.

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