[Archived] Fa Cup 2015/16

[unsall]

Oxford away - would you believe it ?

For us old timers, I want revenge for 1964.

. Remember it well,was reminiscing on Friday with Mick McGrath about that game,we were top of the old first division at the time,and got beat 3 1,was it Fred Pick who left for Everton shortly after...

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

. Remember it well,was reminiscing on Friday with Mick McGrath about that game,we were top of the old first division at the time,and got beat 3 1,was it Fred Pick who left for Everton shortly after...

What was Mick's take on why we lost ? It was Fred Pickering who left for Everton in the aftermath. It was a record fee between two English clubs but we squandered it.

[AlanK]

If we request the full 15% from Oxford we will get 1875 tickets. IF we beat Newport!

[BlueMonday]

They say revenge is a dish best served cold.

[Baz]

They say revenge is a dish best served cold.

It's definitely Ice Cream that's best served cold.

50+ years is a bit too cold......

[jim mk2]

What was Mick's take on why we lost ? It was Fred Pickering who left for Everton in the aftermath. It was a record fee between two English clubs but we squandered it.

Martin Britt, £25,000 from West Ham with a crocked knee.

[47er]

. Remember it well,was reminiscing on Friday with Mick McGrath about that game,we were top of the old first division at the time,and got beat 3 1,was it Fred Pick who left for Everton shortly after...

As I understand it, Rovers players asked for and were promised wage increase in the New Year. They were after all top of the league! The Directors agreed but then said they could not afford it.

This decision came after the 8-2 thrashing away at West Ham over Christmas 1964 and accounts for the astonishing 1-3 loss at home to the same team just a few days later. I remember that day very clearly, the crowd was in disbelief as the players appeared to be in a dream with their feet glued to the pitch.

Shortly after Pickering left for Everton with the telling comment that "its not as if I was earning 40 quid a week or anything".

Our dreams were over, we slipped from 1st to 6th, struggled the next season and the best side seen in a Rovers shirt for decades was dismantled. Pickering was never replaced till Alan Shearer came along a quarter of a century later though we wasted a small fortune trying.

Not for the first time(or the last) the hopes and aspirations of Rovers players and fans were unmatched by those in charge!

Not till Jack came along, and certainly never after, did Rovers ever "think big".

[yoda]

As I understand it, Rovers players asked for and were promised wage increase in the New Year. They were after all top of the league! The Directors agreed but then said they could not afford it.

This decision came after the 8-2 thrashing away at West Ham over Christmas 1964 and accounts for the astonishing 1-3 loss at home to the same team just a few days later. I remember that day very clearly, the crowd was in disbelief as the players appeared to be in a dream with their feet glued to the pitch.

Shortly after Pickering left for Everton with the telling comment that "its not as if I was earning 40 quid a week or anything".

Our dreams were over, we slipped from 1st to 6th, struggled the next season and the best side seen in a Rovers shirt for decades was dismantled. Pickering was never replaced till Alan Shearer came along a quarter of a century later though we wasted a small fortune trying.

Not for the first time(or the last) the hopes and aspirations of Rovers players and fans were unmatched by those in charge!

Not till Jack came along, and certainly never after, did Rovers ever "think big".

That is not true, We started off in 1875 thinking big, set early transfer records, pioneered Europe, instigated the professional game, early floodlights etc etc

[Baz]

As I understand it, Rovers players asked for and were promised wage increase in the New Year. They were after all top of the league! The Directors agreed but then said they could not afford it.

This decision came after the 8-2 thrashing away at West Ham over Christmas 1964 and accounts for the astonishing 1-3 loss at home to the same team just a few days later. I remember that day very clearly, the crowd was in disbelief as the players appeared to be in a dream with their feet glued to the pitch.

Shortly after Pickering left for Everton with the telling comment that "its not as if I was earning 40 quid a week or anything".

Our dreams were over, we slipped from 1st to 6th, struggled the next season and the best side seen in a Rovers shirt for decades was dismantled. Pickering was never replaced till Alan Shearer came along a quarter of a century later though we wasted a small fortune trying.

Not for the first time(or the last) the hopes and aspirations of Rovers players and fans were unmatched by those in charge!

Not till Jack came along, and certainly never after, did Rovers ever "think big".

To be fair, for many years we had zero resources to 'think big'. Thinking big in the 80's was staying afloat and trying to get promoted.

[47er]

That is not true, We started off in 1875 thinking big, set early transfer records, pioneered Europe, instigated the professional game, early floodlights etc etc

Well I meant in my lifetime! A good parallel is Leicester. It will be interesting to see how they handle success.

Until Jack came along, we were never geared for success. The Directors were "little men", shopkeepers really. The Club was a closed shop, anyone with money trying to be part of it were sent packing. They knew their limitations and they had a "small club" mentality suited to it.

Then as now,we had people more concerned with their own positions than that of the Club,quite happy to coast along in mediocrity.

Success threatened their position. Sound familiar?

[Ewood Spark]

It's definitely Ice Cream that's best served cold.

50+ years is a bit too cold......

We served that dish back in '85. Great night at the old Manor Ground ... must have been the best part of 2000 Rovers fans down there for a midweek fourth round tie!

[oldjamfan1]

We served that dish back in '85. Great night at the old Manor Ground ... must have been the best part of 2000 Rovers fans down there for a midweek fourth round tie!

Yep, I was one of them. Jimmy Quinn scored in a 1-0 win if I remember correctly. Both sides already knew that the winners were at home to Man United as well I think.

[Ewood Spark]

Yep, I was one of them. Jimmy Quinn scored in a 1-0 win if I remember correctly. Both sides already knew that the winners were at home to Man United as well I think.

Aye it was Quinn ... Seem to remember Terry Gennoe saving a penalty that night as well. We had a few good tussles with Oxford at that time ... I remember going to the Manor Ground three times that season ... League Cup, League and FA Cup!

[unsall]

What was Mick's take on why we lost ? It was Fred Pickering who left for Everton in the aftermath. It was a record fee between two English clubs but we squandered it.

. He couldn't explain it,went there with a top side,just seemed to be overcome with passion from a smaller club and large crowd,over 20,000,and they only just got beat with Preston in the next round,who ended up in the final..

[ABBEY]

We served that dish back in '85. Great night at the old Manor Ground ... must have been the best part of 2000 Rovers fans down there for a midweek fourth round tie!

I got sacked for going to this one .

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

. He couldn't explain it,went there with a top side,just seemed to be overcome with passion from a smaller club and large crowd,over 20,000,and they only just got beat with Preston in the next round,who ended up in the final..

Well that's the FA Cup. We weren't the first major upset and we weren't the last.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Martin Britt, £25,000 from West Ham with a crocked knee.

After Fred left but before Britt arrived we spent £25,000 on George Jones. Britt cost £25,000. Later on another £20.000 on Alan Gilliver, another one who came with an injury. Lesser amounts on Frank Lord and Jim Fryatt. So that was the Pickering fee blown on strikers that never made it. Jones looked decent but broke his leg and wasn't the same player afterwards.

At the same time we let John Byrom go to Bolton and he scored a bucket full of goals for them at the same level.

[oldjamfan1]

I got sacked for going to this one .

Lol. I remember leaving work at lunchtime with an 'upset stomach' and going down to Oxford in the Jag of a work colleague who had, co-incidentally, gone down with the same illness. Great turnout for a midweek game down there - I think Oxford were quite a cup team at that time weren't they? They also got promoted that season. Our old gaffer Jim Smith would have been in charge of them, and if I remember correctly the BBC were itching for Oxford to win, so that Big Ron could take his Man United side back to his old stomping ground.

[ABBEY]

i still remember the bricks and bottles being thrown at us and their fans kicking the corrugated panels as we headed back to our transit van

[Lancs Rover]

i still remember the bricks and bottles being thrown at us and their fans kicking the corrugated panels as we headed back to our transit van

Must've been the Bullingdon Club on a night out.

[JohnD]

We served that dish back in '85. Great night at the old Manor Ground ... must have been the best part of 2000 Rovers fans down there for a midweek fourth round tie!

I remember that one as the engine in my escort blew up on the way down, had to hire another, a very expensive night out.

Their ground was a bloody joke and would have fallen down around us if we jumped and all landed at once.

[AlanK]

I`ve got a fair few friends down here who Support Oxford. IF we beat Newport we will struggle against Oxford who are bang in form. I`m going to have to go in to hiding at this rate

[G Somerset Rover]

A pub team would give us a close run at the moment, Alan .

[arbitro]

Live fourth round matches announced.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3397899/Manchester-United-lead-FA-Cup-TV-coverage-FA-reveal-fixture-changes-fourth-round-ties.html

[Tom]

49 times in a row for United is ridiculous