CHELSEA arrived on Teeside with new manager Danny Blanchflower looking forward to his first game in charge.

And he couldn't have got off to a better start as Peter Osgood soon put the visitors into the lead.

But it al began to turn sour for Chelsea when Mark Proctor scored for Boro in the 29minute.

But it was new signing Micky Burns who grabbed the headlines with four cracking goals, two in each half, to help his side on the way to a 7-2 victory.

David Armstrong and Terry Cochrane were also on the scoresheet for John Neal's exciting team in a great win against a strong side that included the likes of Ron ' Chopper' Harris and John Bumstead.

Boro: Stewart, Craggs, McAndrew, Mahoney, Boam, Ramage, Cochrane, Proctor, Burns, Cummins, Armstrong.