MIKE Ferguson celebrated more than most when Romuald Boco scored Accrington Stanley's first goal on their return to League Football.

That's because the 63-year-old was the last player to score for the club before Stanley resigned from the League back in 1962.

As a fresh-faced 18-year-old Ferguson netted in a 1-1 draw away to Doncaster and, despite a career that took him on to Blackburn, Aston Villa, QPR and Cambridge, he has been remembered for that single strike ever since.

And he admits he remembers the match as if it were yesterday.

"We played in white that night and I remember Alex Smith our goalkeeper was absolutely fantastic.

"We were one down at the time and I remember exactly where I scored, it's as clear as day."

He also recalls the day Stanley officially exited the Football League.

"It was absolutely garbage. Nobody knew what to do, we were all just left, they told us and that was it.

"From the car park we just went our separate ways and never saw one another as a group ever again."

In 1960 Ferguson, who played up front on the right or left, was signed by Jimmy Harrower for Stanley from Plymouth, where he was a member of the ground staff.

Before netting at Doncaster he also scored in a 4-1 cup win over Stockport.

And he even joked that current Stanley manager John Coleman was ready to send out an SOS for his services if they failed to find the net against Barnet.

He said: "John was on the phone last week and we were laughing because he said if they didn't score on Saturday would I help them out."

Ferguson, however, put his boots away when Boco netted in the 34th minute.