[Archived] 15 Years Ago Today.......

[Hughesy]

15 Years ago today.....

A small, unfashionable club from a Town in the North West won the biggest & best league in the world....Liverpool still havent managed it! Dont you just love it.

THANK YOU UNCLE JACK - Thanks for the memories!

[unluckymorton]

15 Years ago today.....

A small, unfashionable club from a Town in the North West won the biggest & best league in the world....Liverpool still havent managed it! Dont you just love it.

THANK YOU UNCLE JACK - Thanks for the memories!

Happy day's.

God bless Uncle Jack.

[Ben-2000]

Don't really know what to say or do. except smile!

[RoyRover]

Without doubt one of the happiest moments of my life!

[snatchymcsnatch]

What a day, what memories and what a man.

Thanks for everything Jack.

Death is nothing at all

I have only slipped away into the next room

I am I and you are you

Whatever we were to each other

That we are still

Call me by my old familiar name

Speak to me in the easy way you always used

Put no difference into your tone

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow

Laugh as we always laughed

At the little jokes we always enjoyed together

Play, smile, think of me, pray for me

Let my name be ever the household word that it always was

Let it be spoken without effort

Without the ghost of a shadow in it

Life means all that it ever meant

It is the same as it ever was

There is absolute unbroken continuity

What is death but a negligible accident?

Why should I be out of mind

Because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you for an interval

Somewhere very near

Just around the corner

All is well.

Nothing is past; nothing is lost

One brief moment and all will be as it was before

How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!

[Hughesy]

Thought it would be a nice way to make people smile on a friday....

A couple more memories from that day

[Hughesy]

[Ozz]

TP goes Old Skool/Nu Skool with his polo shirt tucked into his trackies.

[Guest Kamy100]

Happy days, i'll never forget that afternoon at Anfield, was simply amazing. Going to watch the season review DVD tonight.

[Hughesy]

Rovers should bring out that blue n white tracksuit again!!

[Aberdeen Blue]

Oh my, what memories just came flooding back

I do not know which poetic genius wrote this, but it just about sums it all up for me:

I have never written a poem before, I don’t see any point in rhyme.

It never appeals to us working class it's just a waste of time.

Well now is a bit different I need to tell you how I feel

and in some small way pay a tribute to the Blackburn man of steel.

Its vital not to miss the point, football is not a bit of fun.

Its pride and passion, skill and strength all rolled into one.

It’s not about Man Utd., Chelsea or some foreign fancy Dan

Its Blackburn, Preston & Burnley that’s were it all began.

Where what you see is what you get, but don’t show how you feel,

but I'm making my exception for the Blackburn man of steel.

I really need to thank him for the pride he gave us back

Just for a while we were the best thanks to Uncle Jack.

Few people have the vision to make a dream come true

The beauty of Jack Walker's was we got an invite too.

Some saw him as a rich old man who bought a winning team

But for me they miss the point, he bought us all our dream.

I think it's maybe true to say it could not last for ever

But then again I'm certain that its better once than never

And even if those winning ways never do come back

They can’t take away the memories thanks to Uncle Jack.

Hendry, Sutton, Batty, Shearer the names roll off the tongue

But “there’s only one Jack Walker” is still the Rovers song.

So forget the players, agents and smart Armani suits

Raise a glass to Uncle Jack a man who knew his Roots.

Thanks Jack.

[Martin]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

Thanks Jack.

[Hughesy]

Oh my, what memories just came flooding back

I do not know which poetic genius wrote this, but it just about sums it all up for me

Thats from when he died - it used to be on this site too in the Jack Walker section I think.

Fantastic poem - have it on my wall at home!

[snatchymcsnatch]

Happy days, i'll never forget that afternoon at Anfield, was simply amazing. Going to watch the season review DVD tonight.

Ha ha... Snap!

[roversmum]

That poem should be on the wall in the changing room. Shedding a tear for a wonderful memory and a wonderful man xx

[Aberdeen Blue]

Thats from when he died

That's when I first remember seeing it. For me it sums up the whole magical journey he took us on.

God, I'm going to have to close my office door here; roughty toughty oilmen aren't supposed to cry!

[Amo]

What a monumental and iconic achievement it was by the club. I don't think we'll ever see its like again.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

"Stand up if you've won the league"

[Presty On Tour]

king kenny's f***ing magic, he wars a magic hat and when he saw the premiership he said i'm having that, i'm having that! i'm having that! i'm having that! i'm having that! ooooooooooooooooooooohhhh!!!! (",)

[Waggy76]

I am about to raise a glass to UNCLE JACK ,KING KENNY and ALAN SHEARER !!!!

WE DID IT !!!!!!!

[BPF]

I'll never forget that day. Has a massive effect on me everytime I think of it.

Noone will ever do anything to match that, ever again.

[Tom]

What a day but it was all a bit too much for me as a ten year old.

With about five minutes left I couldn't bear to watch any more so ran up to my room, minutes later my mum and the people we had around scream as liverpool scored, i started to cry then moments later screams of joy were heard.

One image I love is the guy in the crows saying we don't like that word, please don't use it hell then seconds later jumping up and down celebrating, also the players and managements celebrating whilst the game was still ongoing.

Still remember the commentators speach when sherwood lifted about now a team with a glittering future. Shame we never pushed on.

Legendary moment and one that will be timeless for us all, I feel so priveliged to have lived through it

[colin]

15 years ago, how time flies.

I was lucky enough to be at Anfield. They loved us for beating the Red Scum to the title,even though they won 2-1

Ludo Misklosko did a sterling job for West Ham that day & denied The Scum more than a point.

/understatement alert/That was a good day./off

[1864roverite]

14th May 1995, what an occasion and I am proud to say I WAS THERE.

A fantastic day for all Rovers fans and for those lucky to be in Anfield a day never to be forgotten.

"I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, BLACKBURN ROVERS ARE THE CHAMPIONS".

Thanks Jack, your a legend.

[rover the hill]

Memories of the day: Arriving far too early as felt sick; having a 12 year old Liverpool fan say to me: "Come on Rovers, let's f@@k deeze mancs"; Stewards informing us the result was fixed in our favour; being too nervous to watch the second half and staring at a bloke behind me who was listening to the radio through earphones, praying he didn't open his mouth as it was bound to be a United goal; the euphoria that spread through the away end as the game finished at Upton Park and realisation set in that we had done it; the crowd screaming as one to Tim Flowers that it was all over before Hendry, Shearer et al started celebrating while the game was still going on around them; Sherwood lifting the trophy and the Liverpool fans singing "You'll Never Walk Alone"; the smell of burning brakes as my eagerness to get home and start celebrating nearly got me into a nasty accident!; Rovers fans lining the streets from Brindle onwards and my jaw dropping to the floor watching Match Of The Day in the pub, as Andy Cole missed sitter after sitter and Ludek Miklosko became a Rovers legend without ever playing in a Blue and White (okay, Green!) kit.