Simon Garner 60 today

[MCMC1875]

Happy birthday fella. Legend.

Edited November 23, 2019 by MCMC1875

[Stuart]

Has he still got his boots?

[Doug]

There's only one!!

Happy birthday Simon. 

[Wegerleswiggle]

Legend!! 

The type of legend we can only dream of having now.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

A shining light in dark times for the club.

Living Legend!

[tomphil]

A great omen he often took Barnsley to the cleaners back in the day. Boyhood hero.

There'll only ever be one Simon Garner !

[perthblue02]

Just now, tomphil said:

A great omen he often took Barnsley to the cleaners back in the day. Boyhood hero.

There'll only ever be one Simon Garner !

 

[tomphil]

Just now, perthblue02 said:

 

Class !!!

And oh look a winger with a left foot playing on the wing !

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Fast paced,no nonsense football..a joy to watch,Garns had a great shot on him.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

10 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Fast paced,no nonsense football..a joy to watch,Garns had a great shot on him.

Compared with today's football it looks like they're playing another game entirely.

[simongarnerisgod]

a fine striker who was my idol,probably because  if you cut him in half he`d bleed blue and white and one who actually socialised with the fans,he should have played in a higher league tbh but the way he lived his life put some of the bigger clubs off,which was their loss and our gain,that hat trick against city on the fateful hillsborough day was as good as anything iv`e seen

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

It's striking how faster the movement is TS,even the legend with his penchant for a Pint and a Hamlet was no slouch.

Happy days those.

 

[tomphil]

I can't think of a Don Mackay side that wouldn't spank any we've had in the championship since 2012. Even the struggling one that prompted Jack to get involved would draw at least with this one.

Edited November 23, 2019 by tomphil

[simongarnerisgod]

Just now, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

It's striking how faster the movement is TS,even the legend with his penchant for a Pint and a Hamlet was no slouch.

Happy days those.

 

football should be a simple game that is now overcomplicated by managers who think they`re tactical geniouses

[Wegerleswiggle]

1 hour ago, MCMC1875 said:

Bloody brilliant football!

That team would tear our current lot apart. 

The pace they moved at would have us in complete disarray. How is it that, in today's game where fitness is such a priority, that the players can't match the standards of players that probably had a pre match pint. 

Tony you should be ashamed!!

Edited November 23, 2019 by Wegerleswiggle

[Proudtobeblue&white]

A privilege to have watched him play. Absolute Rovers legend!

[jim mk2]

Saw him make his debut, aged !8??  Anyway, at least 40 years ago.

Makes me feel old. Happy birthday Simon. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

6 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

It's striking how faster the movement is TS,even the legend with his penchant for a Pint and a Hamlet was no slouch.

Happy days those.

 

It was a more linear game in those days, now it's more lateral. I've said before we ought to put the goals at the side of the pitch these days.  In that era when you got the ball in midfield you'd 4 players at least in front of you to pass to, now you've got 1. Having real wingers playing out wide made the pitch bigger when you had the ball. When they get the ball now the first thing they do is come inside or give back it to the full back. That just condenses the play.

Mowbray's teams take the ball stood still all the time. The team in that video were taking the ball on the run. That makes a massive difference.

Edited November 23, 2019 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Proudtobeblue&white]

Just now, jim mk2 said:

Saw him make his debut, aged !8??  Anyway, at least 40 years ago.

Makes me feel old. Happy birthday Simon. 

Exeter City A 29/08/1978 - FLC.

528 appearances + 37 as sub.

Goals: FL - 168.

Others: 24.

Total: 192.

[philipl]

Happy birthday Garns- legend!

[tomphil]

2 hours ago, MCMC1875 said:

And it wasn't £30 to get in.

No, the admission price was probably similar to an hour or so's pay then.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

His all time record goalscorer title will still stand long after we have all departed this mortal coil I am sure.

[Mashed Potatoes]

Just now, MCMC1875 said:

That clip v Barnsley div 2. We had no money. All you fans too young to be there, watch it and weep. We had that regularly home and away. How football has changed for the worse.

If football has changed for the worse why do more people go to games now ?

[Mattyblue]

Because football is much more family friendly and safe. And our game has an enormous multi-media (and global) presence.

However, on the pitch if you think this Blackburn Rovers side is a patch on some of our 80s teams than you really are a troll.

[Mashed Potatoes]

Just now, Mattyblue said:

Because football is much more family friendly and safe. And our game has an enormous multi-media (and global) presence.

However, on the pitch if you think this Blackburn Rovers side is a patch on some of our 80s teams than you really are a troll.

I would agree with you that nearly all of the 1980s teams were better than the present side. OK ?