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4 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

Season 1991/2 - big expectations, some big signings...Pompey at home...

 

Davis Speedie showing glimpses of what was to come. If Bobby Mimms had have stayed on his line he could have headed that cross away !

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A personal, potted history.... walking through centre turnstile on riverside to a packed Ewood for the first time. Awestruck at the scarves, rattles. marching band. seeing Ronnie Clayton lea

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Without doubt, better to have tasted the riches. For me personally Venkys changed the way I saw Rovers. It shouldn’t have done, but it did. Things they can never do though. They can’t take away t

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Rovers fans have a lot to be thankful to Bill Fox for. An often forgotten figure in our ascendancy but the man who laid the foundations. While the rest of our traditional rivals were applying for re-e

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3 hours ago, Darrenbot said:

Did somebody forget tp pay the electric bills,it looks very dark,they need to switch the floodlights on.

There were issues with the floodlights then. I think the decision to build the new stadium had been taken so repairs at Ewood were being minimised.

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One odd thing from that season is coaching staff wearing the home shirt, recall Tony Parkes wearing it often too.

 

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I remember the Hull league cup game well if only for that dingle Payton equalising. Then it got even worse over the coming weeks when Don tried to sign him!

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57 minutes ago, WIR Second Coming said:

Alan Fettis in goal for Hull, and making some useful saves that no doubt contributed to his recruitment to Rovers. Widely held to be 'the worst keeper' we ever had...?

Matt Dickins

Darren Collier

John Butcher 

all deserve to be in that conversation...

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48 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Matt Dickins

Darren Collier

John Butcher 

all deserve to be in that conversation...

Butcher had mitigating circumstances - he used to drink at least 20 pints a night in the Beechwood (long before it was a Tesco store!) and then wobble off home along Livesey Branch Rd. Can't say I remember Collier or Dickins. My overriding memories of Rovers goalies are good and golden - Jones, Friedel, Arnold, Flowers, Kelly, Filan, Gennoe all made the position safe for me

 

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