[Archived] Bit of nostalgia from a face book page today

[yoda]

[JohnD]

I've got so many old programs and love looking through them

 

I've got all Burnleys home programs from their European exploits too!

[yoda]

Just now, JohnD said:

I've got so many old programs and love looking through them

 

I've got all Burnleys home programs from their European exploits too!

That will be the small pile then

[JohnD]

From memory Eintracht Frankfurt, Roma, Napoli and Reims

[blue kiwi]

better names than trelleborg,liega warsaw,rosenborg,spartack moscow,lyon,leverkusen,haha we have that many i cant remenber

[yoda]

Smaller world then,

back to the team sheet, what would people give now for that team ?

[JohnD]

We couldn't afford Coddington now, we'd lose too many balls!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Five full Internationals in our team and another few who played internationally at junior level. 

A couple of ex Rovers legends in the Stoke team along with John Mahoney who had trials with Rovers as a young player.

[den]

Just now, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Five full Internationals in our team and another few who played internationally at junior level. 

A couple of ex Rovers legends in the Stoke team along with John Mahoney who had trials with Rovers as a young player.

And one of them has been my avatar for a few weeks now.

[jim mk2]

Looks a strong Stoke team. Guess is around 1969. Who won?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, jim mk2 said:

Looks a strong Stoke team. Guess is around 1969. Who won?

11th September 1968.   League Cup 2nd round replay at Stoke after a  1-1 draw at Ewood.

Rovers won 1-0 with Metcalfe scoring our goal.

The team was as per programme but with Dick Mulvaney playing no 4. George Sharples was the sub.

That would have been a good result as Stoke were a Div 1 side then.

[jim mk2]

Thanks. Stoke were strong then. Alan Hudson went there a few years later.

Coddington and Mulvaney were big stoppers. Could do with them now.

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Putting aside the incomparable Keith Newton what wouldn't you give for a few of those players.

Rogers, Hole or Metcalfe would make a massive difference to our lack of midfield creativity.

[AndyNeil]

14 hours ago, JohnD said:

I've got so many old programs and love looking through them

 

I've got all Burnleys home programs from their European exploits too!

Have you got any Rovers home programmes from the 1940s - or even pre WW2 amongst your lot that you would be prepared to sell?  I also have a few FA Cup programmes from the 1950s that I'm missing from my list...

[JohnD]

Afraid not Andy my earliest is Leeds v Rovers March 1954

[4000Holes]

17 hours ago, yoda said:

Smaller world then,

back to the team sheet, what would people give now for that team ?

Interesting to see the Stoke team.

Both Peter Dobing and Roy Vernon both ex rovers.

[AndyNeil]

8 hours ago, JohnD said:

Afraid not Andy my earliest is Leeds v Rovers March 1954

thanks anyway.  If anybody has any of the following I'd be most interested to hear from you:

• 1940s home league or FA Cup programmes
• pre 1992 home reserves programmes / teamsheets
• pre 1997 FA Youth Cup programmes / teamsheets (both home and away)
• any FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League or UEFA Cup teamsheets (both home and away)
• any old or unusual programmes
• pre 1988 replica or match worn shirts - NOT the ones sold in the club shop or available on Toffs

[AndyNeil]

15 YEARS AGO TODAY...

[Exiled in Toronto]

I very much enjoyed watching this the other day even though we got tonked. Jim Smith's team, old Bloomfield Rd, muddy pitch, Gerald Sindstat, end-to-end stuff. I was in the Kop near Birdy who went increasingly bonkers as Hatton's goals went in.

Hatton trick