BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[AllRoverAsia]

On 05/12/2020 at 21:42, simongarnerisgod said:

how the **** did anyone head a football in those days without getting knocked out,even if you did head it correctly it must have killed a few hundred brain cells,i used to absolutely detest heading a ball,even with modern football`s it hurt

I remember my first year at Grammar School heading a sodden wet leather football in mid winter and how stunned I was.

I do however recall, again in midwinter, whilst avoiding a header the ball hitting my 'tackle' on the way down. Again a stunner. Pain flashback!

I avoided heading such balls as much as possible until the lighter weight water resistant Mitre ball came along.

Even then as a striker most headers were glances as I played as a second striker off a big lad.

Its called Football for a reason.

Edited December 6, 2020 by AllRoverAsia

[oldjamfan1]

I used to head those old 'casies' all the time. Never did me any harm.

I used to head those old 'casies' all the time. Never did me any harm.

I used to head those old 'casies' all the time. Never did me any harm.

😵😵😵

[darrenrover]

24 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

I used to head those old 'casies' all the time. Never did me any harm.

I used to head those old 'casies' all the time. Never did me any harm.

I used to head those old 'casies' all the time. Never did me any harm.

😵😵😵

What, lace up, lace down or both?

[oldjamfan1]

40 minutes ago, darrenrover said:

What, lace up, lace down or both?

Thankfully they were rare by the time I played football (but there were still some about), you knew about it if you headed that lace!!

[Herbie6590]

Speedie really enjoys himself...

 

[philipl]

Oh that was a great day. Always fantastic to be part of an old Ewood 20,000+ crowd. 

[simongarnerisgod]

speedie brilliant hat trick and has a go at winding up the geordies as well,fantastic😊

[Claytons Left Boot]

1 hour ago, simongarnerisgod said:

speedie brilliant hat trick and has a go at winding up the geordies as well,fantastic😊

I’m pretty sure he succeeded 😆

[bazza]

No pussyfooting around with tackles either. Not a red or yellow card in sight. That's how the game should be played.

[Herbie6590]

Post-match Hendry

 

[Mattyblue]

A screen grab of the screen grabber! 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

12 hours ago, bazza said:

No pussyfooting around with tackles either. Not a red or yellow card in sight. That's how the game should be played.

That game would have ended up with a couple of red cards at least in todays football.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

How do you edit a post in this new format ?  Why does every " improvement " actually take us  backwards on the site ?

I was going to edit my post above to say - " There was no diving back then, If somebody hurt you in a tackle you did your best not to show it. Divers make me sick, irrespective of who they play for. What they don't realise is they're killing the game for lots of people who came up in a diver free era. "

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

15 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

Speedie really enjoys himself...

 

Brilliant. LOL at the drop ball, the equaliser and then the ref legging it back to the halfway line chased by the Newcastle players.😀

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, renrag said:

If you click the 3 dots top right it will let you edit

Thanks for that. Is it too difficult just to have an "edit " button ?

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

Just now, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Thanks for that. Is it too difficult just to have an "edit " button ?

Bit harsh. They do it for free so we can have a place to moan.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Bit harsh. They do it for free so we can have a place to moan.

Good, that was me having a moan.

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

Just now, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Good, that was me having a moan.

and ungrateful

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

and ungrateful

You can be grateful and critical at the same time. They are not mutually exclusive concepts.

[Riversider28]

2 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Thanks for that. Is it too difficult just to have an "edit " button ?

My sentiments exactly. If it ain’t broke, why fix it.

[rigger]

12 minutes ago, Riversider28 said:

My sentiments exactly. If it ain’t broke, why fix it.

Cus we are Blackburn Rovers, and that is what we do.

[A Northern Horde...]

19 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

Speedie really enjoys himself...

 

....And you have still won sweet feck all Geordies.

[speeeeeeedie]

16 hours ago, bazza said:

No pussyfooting around with tackles either. Not a red or yellow card in sight. That's how the game should be played.

Speaking of, did Newell break his leg in that tackle? I was at the game but have no memory of it at all.

I do remember the FA Cup game the year after. They were top of the Championship or whatever division 2 was called back then and thought that they'd beat us. Cue a Roy Wegerle goal and a lot of mad Geordies. They charged down Nuttall St. after the game. 

The Darwen End was being done up too. It had no roof but still had the metal beams. One of their fans climbed up to the top of one. 

[Herbie6590]

3 hours ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Bit harsh. They do it for free so we can have a place to moan.

Good point well made...the main issue is if we don’t upgrade regularly, eventually the site will crash never to return. Some things are configurable, some aren’t, so essentially the key imperative is to keep the site running then (& only then) do we consider the cosmetic changes.

We had fallen behind the upgrade timetable but thanks to some Sterling efforts (& let’s be clear here, I’m talking about people giving up weekends & evenings....repeatedly) we are slowly but surely clawing it back.

If you are all happy to pay £25 per month to use the site we’ll update it every week...😉

We give up a LOT of time to keep this train on the tracks so a bit of tolerance & understanding goes a long way 👍🏻

[Herbie6590]

1 hour ago, Riversider28 said:

My sentiments exactly. If it ain’t broke, why fix it.

Read my post above....