BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Pompey got lucky with that last goal but if you  get on the front foot the ball will run for you. We should get Richard Brown back in to show a few of our defenders how to cross a ball. That was perfect for the Speedie header !

[Exiled in Toronto]

8 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Pompey got lucky with that last goal but if you  get on the front foot the ball will run for you. We should get Richard Brown back in to show a few of our defenders how to cross a ball. That was perfect for the Speedie header !

Watching Alan Wright and Richard Brown shows just how awful Nyambe and Bell are at crossing.

[Herbie6590]

Supersub & Speedie Sink Swindon

 

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

Looked up Richard Brown and came across this article from 2017 on where the play-off winning squad members ended up:-

Where Are They Now? Blackburn Rovers 1991-92 Division Two play-off winners (theleaguepaper.com)

 

[simongarnerisgod]

nicky reid is now owner of the masons arms in chorley(well he was before the virus turned up)

[Gav]

Its a great shirt, a great come back against a decent Swindon side and a Blackburn End going mental.

Love seeing the chap walking round pushing his trolley selling tea/coffee and Bovril.

They can't take away our memories.

Edited November 29, 2020 by Gav

[Darrenbot]

Great celebrations on the terraces after Speedies goal,nothing better than the surge forward after a goal even though it was a bit dangerous if you weren't expecting it and was stood in the wrong place ?

[simongarnerisgod]

3 minutes ago, Darrenbot said:

Great celebrations on the terraces after Speedies goal,nothing better than the surge forward after a goal even though it was a bit dangerous if you weren't expecting it and was stood in the wrong place ?

oh yes,i loved a good mental celebration,late equalisers or a winner especially,imagine being at hampden park when it held 150,000 or on sheffield wednesday`s massive kop,must have been epic

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Speedie was inspirational. A few more good balls fired in by our fullbacks. Hendry unlucky to get on the end of that one from Brown that just went wide.

[DeeCee]

1 hour ago, Gav said:

Its a great shirt, a great come back against a decent Swindon side and a Blackburn End going mental.

Love seeing the chap walking round pushing his trolley selling tea/coffee and Bovril.

They can't take away our memories.

And the "your shit aaahhhhhh" when the keeper takes a goal kick ?

[Gav]

7 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

And the "your shit aaahhhhhh" when the keeper takes a goal kick ?

Does anyone remember the Watford home game where ‘Whisper chocolate bars’ had a promotion on, handed out in the Blackburn End and launched at a young David James for 45mins 

[Aqualung]

Just now, Gav said:

Does anyone remember the Watford home game where ‘Whisper chocolate bars’ had a promotion on, handed out in the Blackburn End and launched at a young David James for 45mins 

Can't remember that but can remember a black goalkeeper Man City had.... Alex Williams. Shamelessly pelted with bananas during a visit to Ewood. Bloody disgusting was that. 

[Gav]

4 minutes ago, Aqualung said:

Can't remember that but can remember a black goalkeeper Man City had.... Alex Williams. Shamelessly pelted with bananas during a visit to Ewood. Bloody disgusting was that. 

That was early 80’s when racism was rife across the UK and football was a breading ground for the brain dead.

It Certainly wasn’t the case in early 90’s, but thanks for bringing it up.

Edited November 30, 2020 by Gav

[Darrenbot]

6 minutes ago, Aqualung said:

Can't remember that but can remember a black goalkeeper Man City had.... Alex Williams. Shamelessly pelted with bananas during a visit to Ewood. Bloody disgusting was that. 

When i first started going back in 1988 there was sometimes the trigger trigger trigger chant from some braindead numpties when an opposition black player did something but thankfully that died out as the 90s came along.

[den]

13 hours ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Looked up Richard Brown and came across this article from 2017 on where the play-off winning squad members ended up:-

Where Are They Now? Blackburn Rovers 1991-92 Division Two play-off winners (theleaguepaper.com)

 

1. Paul Shepstone: Winger who has worked in retail industry and owns Blissful Lingerie in Leamington Spa. ?

[Gone to seed]

Speedie always celebrated his goals like every single one really meant something to him. There is something powerful and deeply endearing about that kind of passion, which seems somehow to have drained away somewhat from the modern game. Maybe the players do read these message boards and maybe that colours their reaction on the pitch when things go right for them (e.g. SG muted celebrations for his recent goals - almost as if he's saying, "there, that will shut the feckers up.." or something).

Well, players, if you are reading this...  Take a leaf out of the David Speedie handbook on how to celebrate your success, and just let go sometimes, because scoring for the Mighty Rovers IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT!! (PS you could also have a peak at the Alan Shearer files, Craig Bellamy insights, Simon Garner style guide, Gamst Pedersen practical pics etc etc).

Edited November 30, 2020 by WIR Second Coming
I'm blue and white, therefore I'm Rovers till I die ;)

[Claytons Left Boot]

Found this on one of the Rovers Facebook sites. Not a good memory but nostalgia (I think!) nonetheless. Rovers fans shoehorned into the corner of the Holmesdale End, Playoffs 1989. Can’t see myself for some reason..?

[oldjamfan1]

Yeah I was in there as well Mark - can't listen to bloody Glad All Over after that!

Look at us all squeezed in, just a few weeks after Hillsborough as well.....

[MarkBRFC]

Obviously a terrible day but a great pic, both my mum and grandad went to that and my mum still has a dislike for Palace even now. My grandad always said it was a toss up between this and the 1960 cup final for his worst.

My first trip down there was for the opening game of the 92-93 season, I think there was still a bit of tension there that day due to the events of 3 years earlier!

[philipl]

Agreed renrag. I don't know how I wasn't physically ill leaving Selhurst that day.

We also had the seats in the stand at that end to the left of the away pen which is where I was. 

[Aqualung]

I'm sure Swindon were given the whole end at Palace in an earlier play off game. 

I was there aswell. Horrible day. 

[Riversider28]

I went with my son who was just 9 at the time. I’m not sure who was more upset at the final whistle. To complete the misery, we had a puncture on the M6. (Have you ever had to change an offside tyre on the hard shoulder. Bloody scary experience).

[Gav]

I wonder if the Rovers fans stood behind the floodlight pylon had reduced tickets because of the restricted view 

Echo what everyone has already said, without doubt the worst day I've ever had following football, the journey home was mostly stunned silence. 

[simongarnerisgod]

18 hours ago, Gav said:

Does anyone remember the Watford home game where ‘Whisper chocolate bars’ had a promotion on, handed out in the Blackburn End and launched at a young David James for 45mins 

lol,we were eating half then throwing the rest at him,remember he got a bit ratty about it,only other thing i remember about the match is alan devonshire,despite age and knackered knees completely running the game,he was some player

[Herbie6590]

“Concentrate on the league...”