BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Herbie6590]

In this thread, please feel free to post any TV, YouTube clips of Rovers in days gone by...if anyone has any old VHS tapes but doesn't know how to convert them to digital...DM me, I might be able to assist...

[Herbie6590]

To start the ball rolling, here is an excerpt from "Kick Off" broadcast on Friday 28th April 1989. There is a fulsome Hillsborough tribute at the beginning & I may post that as a standalone item if there is sufficient interest. Of course as any Rovers fan over a certain age recalls, before that dreadful news had fully seeped out, at Ewood Park that afternoon, Rovers gave one of their best displays of the 1980's & a certain Simon Garner scored a fabulous hat trick. 

This clip illustrates just what passed for incisive sports coverage at the time and Friday tea-times were never the same when it left our screens. Look out for the "Fuzzy Photo" competition  (*spoiler alert* Paul Power I reckon...), the "Star Prize"...for younger readers....that's some prime vinyl right there...the presence of John Bond, always a hero to Rovers fans and a fabulous viewers letter - the sort of thing that Twitter has removed from our conscience.

But most of all - enjoy Don Mackay's glorious team on tip-top form, destroying a promotion favourite at an Ewood Park that was just starting to be reconstructed.

 

 

[simongarnerisgod]

...the presence of John Bond, always a hero to Rovers fans 

absolutely,the man is/was  a legend?

[Herbie6590]

Back in 1991 could anyone have imagined that the manager in the opposition dugout might be back a few months later in the home dugout ? Well perhaps only 1 person could have imagined it...

A Rovers side containing luminaries such as Duxbury, Miller, Stapleton & Moran went toe to toe with the mighty Reds at Ewood & bloodied their nose....for 89 minutes....with apologies to SuperAtko...it’s THAT FA Cup tie...

 

 

 

Edited June 7, 2020 by Herbie6590
Author’s failing memory

[Mattyblue]

8 months later, no?

Still hard to get your head round, as we entered 1991 in a bad place. The team that were perennial promotion challengers had begun to be broken up, some were over the hill or constantly injured and we did well not to end up in the third division... fast forward to that October and what a ride!

Edited June 7, 2020 by Mattyblue

[Herbie6590]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

8 months later, no?

Still hard to get your head round, as we entered 1991 in a bad place. The team that were perennial promotion challengers had begun to be broken up, some were over the hill or constantly injured and we did well not to end up in the third division... fast forward to that October and what a ride!

Of course... *edits furiously* ?‍♂️

[simongarnerisgod]

thanks for uploading that,brings back nice memories

[Exiled in Toronto]

Usually I have rose-tinted memories of games but that was even more exciting than I’d remembered. Completely forgotten Liverpool had a goal disallowed and that Stapleton header should’ve been in. Old Ewood (well, old-ish) at it’s best: muddy, packed, raucous. Sod modern-day football:

[simongarnerisgod]

how much more commited were rovers compared to todays squad,get in there,blood and thunder and actually get forward as well,unbelievably we started with two strikers?sod modern day football

[Herbie6590]

February 1984, a misty, cold February evening & MOTD live comes from Ewood Park as Rovers entertain Southampton in the FA Cup. Rovers wear some horrible numbers on the home shirts as a one-off, presumably to aid identification...not it sure it does to be honest. Bobby Charlton in the studio, Jimmy Hill hosting....here we go...

 

[Herbie6590]

One from another thread on here... h/t @Gav 

 

[Herbie6590]

Saw this on Twitter earlier...the lead up to the k/o of 1928 FA Cup final 

[iacok]

Was at Uni in Sheffield then and went to that game (I think) . Getting old!!!

[Herbie6590]

Here's a lovely little preview on Football Focus of the Full Member's Cup final - includes Dave Whelan, Ronnie Clayton, a penalty against Bradford City, Don Mackay & various vox pops from the good folk on the terraces...

 

[simongarnerisgod]

loving the videos and nice to see the old riverside,which i never stood in because my dad always insisted the top bit was unsafe when the wind blew,the daft old sod??

[Herbie6590]

OK...we've watched the preview...now wonder in awe at how Granada & BBC TV celebrated the final...glorious stuff ahoy...

 

[Herbie6590]

Rovers v Liverpool...no not that one...that's higher up the thread...this time it's the League Cup in 1987...

 

[Gav]

The Full Members Cup win in 87 was probably the best day I've ever had supporting the club, I still get goose bumps watching the footage, superb.

Found this picture earlier today, thanks to Blackburn now and then, what a great pic:

 

Edited June 16, 2020 by Gav

[Exiled in Toronto]

3 hours ago, Gav said:

The Full Members Cup win in 87 was probably the best day I've ever had supporting the club, I still get goose bumps watching the footage, superb.

Found this picture earlier today, thanks to Blackburn now and then, what a great pic:

 

“No change given”? Bloody Waggott - grasping bastard!

[Gav]

Another superb picture from bygone times, look at the work thats gone into the advert, I think thats @jim mk2 queuing in the background.

 

Edited June 17, 2020 by Gav

[arbitro]

Great picture Gav. Three special trains from Blackburn and costing three and tuppence return.

[Darrenbot]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

Great picture Gav. Three special trains from Blackburn and costing three and tuppence return.

It finished 1-1 ,Crowd was 56518 so i'm guessing a few Rovers fans made the trip across,we lost the replay at  Ewood  2-1 in front of 54.400 

[Herbie6590]

Rovers take on Leicester City (no, not that game...) & a certain Mike Newell has an eventful afternoon. The first signs of what became traditional end of season jitters...one hell of a second half though...

 

[Colt Seavers]

I remember this like it was yesterday. Other than Travis for Reid and Adarbioyo for Mail I wouldn't put any of the current crop into that team.

[simongarnerisgod]

39 minutes ago, Colt Seavers said:

I remember this like it was yesterday. Other than Travis for Reid and Adarbioyo for Mail I wouldn't put any of the current crop into that team.

different times i suppose,it was a time when defenders took ball and man and you had to look after yourself,the thought of some of todays squad being invovolved in a battle like that makes me chuckle!!!